Health equity is a human right. We must solve it together. Now is the time.
Inequity isn't invisible.
Search below to find the diabetes program or resources in your area you've been looking for. Search for almost anything from medical care to education, to nutrition and health. Resources are available by ZIP Code so you can get the help you need wherever you are.
Ensure diabetes research better accounts for risks facing communities of color: aim innovations to serve people of color specifically and more impactfully.
Boost access to quality care for people with diabetes and prediabetes where they live and work. Overcome socioeconomic barriers that raise risks to people of color.
Make diabetes drugs, devices, supplies, and health insurance more affordable and accessible. People of color account for over 75% of low-income Americans.
Help people with diabetes and prediabetes with their unique nutritional needs. Offer better, more culturally relevant guidance and access to food that’s good for them.
Build community to help change behavior, partner with allies, grow advocacy, and ensure people of color are central to the mission of being Connected for Life®.
Black Americans face rates of amputations up to four times higher than non-Hispanic white Americans. Latinx communities are 50 percent more likely to have an amputation and indigenous communities face amputations rates that are two times higher than those among non-Hispanic white Americans. We have created resources to address this crisis.