Homelessness, Hope, and Faith: Tina’s Story

Homelessness, Hope, and Faith: Tina’s Story

by | Feb 6, 2026

When a loved one goes to prison, the family left behind often faces a silent crisis. This is the story of Tina, a mother, grandmother, and wife who faced unimaginable hardship, and how your support of the Angels of Hope program helped her find a way forward. For...
Building a Second Chance: Meet Andy

Building a Second Chance: Meet Andy

by | Feb 6, 2026

Meet Andy Miranda. At just 19 years old, he is a proud graduate of the Introduction to Construction program at CPO. But before he found this path, he wasn’t sure what his future looked like. When Andy was 16 or 17, he got into an “altercation with the...
Theo

Theo

by | May 15, 2025

February 28th, 1997 was my first day of incarceration at Cook County Jail. I was in a place that I didn’t want to be, I felt abandoned and alone. Even when I was in the streets, I would always pray and ask God to let me see another day, another week, another year. I...
Juanita Buie

Juanita Buie

by | May 15, 2025

“It was a great help to me as a single mom to have someone show they cared for my daughter and I by taking time to bring Christmas gifts to us.” Juanita Buie grew up on the west side of Chicago and came to know Chicagoland Prison Outreach through a...