Welcome Home Outreach Foundation Inc.
"I was in prison and you came to visit me." — Matthew 25:36
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Since 2009, Dan Maloney has been making his way to prison yards in San Diego County to visit people serving long sentences. Most of them are lifers. They have been inside for decades. Some have never had anyone show up for them at all.
Dan shows up. He brings support letters for parole board hearings. He connects people to transitional housing. He advocates for them when they have no one else in their corner. And when someone is within 60 days of release, Dan collects their sizes and makes sure they have a full set of clothes waiting before they walk out the gate. Because most of these people leave with nothing. After 20 or 30 years inside, they walk out in whatever the state provides. Dan believes that is not good enough. A person should be able to leave with their head up.
For years, this work has been carried by Dan's personal finances, his home church, and the generosity of people who heard what he was doing and wanted to be part of it. What was missing was not heart or support. It was the formal structure to receive that support properly, make it sustainable, and give donors a real, accountable place to give.
In March 2026, our family incorporated Welcome Home Outreach Foundation Inc. as a California nonprofit to build something around Dan's calling. Something that could keep the work going and make sure it does not depend entirely on one man's determination. We exist to provide faith-based outreach and practical support to individuals rebuilding their lives after incarceration, including essential resources, mentorship, and guidance toward stability, dignity, and community reintegration.
Welcome Home Outreach Foundation was built on a foundation that was already there. Dan served as Director of Men's Ministry under Welcome Home Ministries for years, personally funding and carrying out reentry outreach long after that organization suspended operations. WHOF is the formal continuation of that work, now led by the Maloney family.
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Your gift covers two things at once. The ministry side: dress-out clothing and shoes for people releasing from custody, hygiene kits, bus passes, shipping costs to get supplies to individuals before they leave, and basic transitional support during the first critical days home. The foundation side: the organizational costs of getting WHOF properly established as a legitimate, accountable nonprofit.
If you believe every person deserves a real second chance, with someone genuinely in their corner, this is that work. We are just finally making it official.
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