The New Member Outreach Initiative provides a meaningful way for the T1D community to build relationships with newly seated Members of Congress. JDRF Advocates schedule and conduct meetings locally in the Members’ home states to share their personal connections to T1D – articulating the financial, medical, and emotional costs of the disease. These meetings serve as an opportunity to highlight the lived experiences of our community and to inform new Members of the essential role they can play to ensure continued Federal research funding for T1D and to support policies that improve the quality of life for those impacted by T1D, until we find cures.

JDRF is one of the most effective grassroots advocacy organizations in the country because of people like you whose lives are touched by T1D. Thank you for your engagement!