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LocateSmarter’s Alex “SkipGuru” Price and RISC are joining forces not just to help professionals sharpen their skip-tracing skills, but also to generate financial resources for a cause connected to something more valuable than vehicles.

To support the Innocent Lives Foundation (ILF), RISC and Price said they will donate 100% of the sales proceeds of the Skip-Tracing Certification Program to ILF during February and March.

Price highlighted in a news release that ILF is a nonprofit organization that utilizes the unique skillset of computer security and open-source intelligence (OSINT) professionals to unmask child predators on the internet and help bring them to justice.

According to Price and ILF, one in 10 children will be a victim of sexual abuse before their 18th birthday. ILF is committed to protecting children’s innocence as the organization’s experts hunt down who they deem to be the “worst of the worst” — pedophiles, sexual predators and human traffickers — while also providing critical evidence to U.S. and international law enforcement agencies.

Since its inception, the ILF has had more than 239 cases accepted by law enforcement. Price said the impact the case support has had on children’s lives is immeasurable.

“Working with the ILF is a great passion of mine, and I intend to put all my resources and contacts into helping their mission,” Price said. “As parents of two great kids, my wife and I have been blessed never to have had the experience of any violent crime in our family. It is hard for us even to imagine the torture these poor children have endured, so if one dime of my certification program sales or one friend volunteers to help the ILF to save children, then my entire career will be worth it.”

Price is the creator of RISC’s Skip-Tracer Certification Program that is widely used by the collateral recovery industry as well as private investigators, bounty hunters, news reporters and others.

Price has been skip-tracing and advising the auto-finance industry for more than 30 years on tracing individuals who are no longer making timely installment payments for their vehicles.

Now professionals involved in collections and recoveries can obtain the education, become a certified skip-tracer and support ILF, too.

“Partnerships with individuals like Alex Price and companies such as RISC are vital to our mission for many reasons," ILF chief operating officer Scott McCombs said in the news release. “First off, it can cost up to $10,000 for the ILF to create and deliver a case to law enforcement. And, as a 501(c)3, we rely solely on generous donations to continue our vital work.

“In addition to fundraising initiatives, these partnerships are an essential way that our organization can gain new exposure to groups and individuals who align themselves with our mission,” McCombs added.

Price and ILF plan to discuss the organization’s ongoing efforts during a live-streamed conversation set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. (ET). The online event will be available here.

“I know many of the best investigators in the world, and I challenge each of you to find out how you can help save a child. God bless anyone that is able to contribute in any way,” Price said.