The LOHM × REFORM Alliance
Family Visitation for incarcerated parents
Family Visitation
Reuniting incarcerated parents with their children, one visit at a time.
When a parent is incarcerated, an entire family serves the sentence. The cost of a single visit (travel, lodging, time off work) keeps most families apart for years.
Through our Family Visitation campaigns, The Ladies of Hope Ministries and REFORM Alliance close that distance. Because family unification is not a privilege. It is a necessity.
Angeledith · With her son and daughter
A story from Visit Mama
13 years and 7 months. Then they drove 28 hours to see her.
“Hugging my children for the first time after 13 years and 7 months was unbelievably unreal. They drove 28 hours from Warm Springs, Oregon to Waseca, Minnesota. I prayed while holding my babies’ hands. My children are now 18 and 19. The last time I held their hands to pray, they were 4 and 5. Their hands will forever be baby hands to me.”
Angeledith Smith
More stories from Visit Mama 2026
Three mothers. One unforgettable weekend.
Our campaigns
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Visit Mama
Each Mother’s Day, we provide $1,500 grants to incarcerated mothers in the Federal Bureau of Prisons so their children can travel to visit them. For some, it’s the first hug in years.
See the 2026 recap →
Visit Papa
Each Father’s Day, we provide $1,000 grants to incarcerated fathers so their children can make the journey to visit them. In 2026, we reunited families across the country.
See the 2026 recap →
Support Family Visitation year-round.
Every dollar sends a child to their parent. Help us grow the program for 2027.
Family Visitation campaigns are made possible through our partnership with REFORM Alliance.
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