LifeGuard Group

THE LIFEGUARD GROUP IS…

  • a group of experts committed to an aggressive, comprehensive approach to taking the fight to human trafficking in cooperation and collaboration with Law Enforcement
  • in collaboration with other abolitionist organizations
  • aggressive in our approach
  • seeking justice for perpetrators and restoration for victims
  • integral in our dealings with all human beings

WHAT WE DO

With the knowledge that every hour 34 more individuals enter a life of sexual exploitation we are motivated to act. The human trafficking numbers continue to grow exponentially every year, with nearly 30 million estimated being exploited world-wide and 2 million within the United States. THE LIFEGUARD GROUP is a group of experts committed to an aggressive, comprehensive approach to taking the fight to human trafficking.

They hold a license to provide human trafficking prevention education with TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story, from Radical Empathy Education Foundation.

Visit their website at: https://thelifeguardgroup.org/

Funding The LifeGuard Group’s Fight Against Human Trafficking – Hi-Line Today
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Funding The LifeGuard Group’s Fight Against Human Trafficking – Hi-Line Today

The Gianforte Family Foundation provided substantial financial aid to a compassionate organization. Tami Hochhalter the co-founder of The LifeGuard Group, a Montana organization that works to eliminate human trafficking as well as rehabilitate survivors of human trafficking, explains the funds received from the Gianforte foundation. “Our largest donation actually came from the Gianforte Family Foundation,…

AG Knudsen, MTDOJ support stronger penalties and increased prosecutions on Human Trafficking
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AG Knudsen, MTDOJ support stronger penalties and increased prosecutions on Human Trafficking

January 11, 2023 Press Release HELENA – Today, on Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Attorney General’s Office prosecutors, Department of Justice human trafficking agents, and other advocates testified in House Judiciary Committee in support of House Bill 112. Sponsored by Rep. Jodee Etchert the legislation will strengthen Montana’s human trafficking laws by…

Montana lawmakers hear proposed overhaul to human trafficking laws – KTVH
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Montana lawmakers hear proposed overhaul to human trafficking laws – KTVH

HELENA — Jan. 11 is the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness, and Montana leaders marked the day by proposing a major overhaul of the state’s trafficking laws. “It’s time to tell those offenders ‘Not in our state,’” said Rep. Jodee Etchart, R-Billings. Etchart is sponsoring House Bill 112, at the request of the Montana…

Unity for Humanity Pitch
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Unity for Humanity Pitch

UPDATE 3.22.23 We just received feedback from the judges, whom I assume must have had a TON of difficulty choosing the best project. We didn’t get accepted. So, I pose to you… is this a project you would want to see succeed? The rejection letter is at the bottom. 🙁 TRIGGER WARNING DISCUSSION OF VIOLENCE…

How people use TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story to educate others
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How people use TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story to educate others

Radical Empathy Education Foundation (REEFcares.org) licenses their virtual reality empathy training software, TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story, to trainers and groups across the world. We are so impressed to see all the ways our licensees have created educational opportunities with our learning tools!  Screenshot of Lisa’s neighborhood in the interactive experience, TRAPPED: A VR Detective…

Interactive Virtual Reality (VR) training teaches human trafficking prevention in Wyoming
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Interactive Virtual Reality (VR) training teaches human trafficking prevention in Wyoming

Uprising’s Terri Markham explains how she uses TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story to train everyone from children to legislators using an interactive virtual reality experience Radical Empathy Education Foundation and Uprising began their relationship early in 2022, when Terri Markham was looking for unique ways to teach people about human trafficking. We caught up with…

State leaders talk about how to combat human trafficking in Montana
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State leaders talk about how to combat human trafficking in Montana

October 13 was the third annual human trafficking symposium put on by the Montana Department of Justice HELENA, Mont. – October 13 was the third human trafficking symposium hosted by Attorney General Austin Knudsen. Nearly 20 organizations and non-profits gathered together to continue conversations on how to combat human trafficking in the state. Discussions centered…

AG Knudsen and partners from across Montana continue efforts to end human trafficking
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AG Knudsen and partners from across Montana continue efforts to end human trafficking

October 13, 2022 Press Release HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen hosted law enforcement and government officials, criminal prosecutors, and leaders from advocacy groups and private industry in Helena today for the Montana Department of Justice’s third human trafficking symposium. The meeting builds on Attorney General Knudsen’s previous two symposiums and his commitment to…

LifeGuard Group Brings Interactive Virtual Reality Training to the NWGIA Training Symposium
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LifeGuard Group Brings Interactive Virtual Reality Training to the NWGIA Training Symposium

AUSTIN, Texas – Aug. 10, 2022 – PRLog — The staff of The LifeGuard Group have trained well over 10,000 American high school and middle school students to recognize and respond to human trafficking, and their experience working directly with these students has led them to a realization: ending human trafficking is not just an emergency worldwide, it’s an emergency in…