OUR WORK

Building healthier
futures for children
with diabetes

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When considering the costs of Type 1 Diabetes management, it’s easy to understand how a family or individual can find themselves a paycheck away from not being able to afford life-sustaining medical supplies or insulin. 

If a parent or guardian of a child with diabetes loses their job, is dropped from health insurance, or has limited resources, such as transportation, sustaining the costs of a T1D treatment regimen can be nearly impossible. 

If you or someone you know is struggling to purchase insulin, diabetes medical supplies, or doctor visits for the treatment of diabetes, please apply for our services using the form linked below.

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Identifying
children
in need

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Supporting
families when
they need it most

Much like diabetes treatment plans vary from individual to individual, HADC tailors our support to the specific and emergent needs of each child or young adult we serve. Working together with endocrinologists, psychologists, pharmacies, and medical supplies distributors, we’re able to apply support to struggling families and children in a variety of ways. 

Help A Diabetic Child never directly handles medication or medical supplies. We act as a facilitator between doctors, school nurses, medical suppliers, and pharmacists to schedule and pay for doctor visits, provide vials of life-saving insulin, deliver necessary diabetic medical supplies like glucose testing strips and syringes, and coordinate mental health services so a child’s holistic needs are cared for. 

By prioritizing a child’s well-being through access to life-saving medication, we invest in their future as a happy and healthy adult successfully managing diabetes. 

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Ongoing support for continued health and well-being

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of our causes:

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Continuous Glucose Monitors

Help us provide 10 children with a year’s supply of Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs). All donations go directly to making a difference for children with diabetes.

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Vials of Insulin

Insulin is the most critical and expensive medication prescribed to help manage diabetes. Contribute to our insulin fund so that no child with diabetes should ever have to go without it.

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Mental & Emotional Support

We believe in coordinating treatment options that consider a child’s health holistically so that they have the opportunity to thrive both physically and mentally.

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“These past four months with the Libre have been AMAZING! My fingers have healed and my A1C has gone down. I truly appreciate you providing me with this technology to help manage my T1D.”
Young Adult
“It really helps take stress and pressure off me and my mom knowing that we have people like you that will help us in troubled times."
Teenager
Your foundation made such a huge difference in my son's life, and my ability to cope with the diagnosis of T1D, at a very critical time.
Mother
I am requesting assistance for one of my patients, she is currently unemployed due to her visual impairment. She was denied health insurance, her main concern is getting a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) that can work for her with her limited ability to see. Emergency services were called recently due to her suffering from severe hypoglycemia when she was didn’t have access to a glucose meter. She believes this event could have been prevented if she had technology that helps visually impaired individuals who have type 1 diabetes (T1D), she also fears future events may happen without access to the right technology. She has reached out to two device companies who make the glucose monitoring technology about their resources but has not received any responses. HADC did some research and learned of a glucose meter that can talk. Large display meter for easy-to-read menu icons - Optional English/Spanish talking feature HADC was able to provide her with CGM sensors through the Compassion Care Program HADC participates in and the talking glucose meters.
Patient
Hi Tami, I hope you don’t mind me asking for help, I had to throw away two of my son's (continuous glucose monitor) sensors yesterday as they were not functioning and they failed to provide his glucose readings. He only has the sensor on his arm, which will last him nine days. The prescription takes a long time to arrive, and I would prefer not to be without sensors, he his only 2 years old & testing his sugar levels is so hard & stressful since I have to hold him down to poke his little fingers multiple times throughout the day. I'm hoping that my insurance will cover the extra sensor so I can keep track of his glucose levels all day & night, but I won’t know for certain since the process typically takes more than two weeks. Thank you. HADC working with her son’s insurance company and the pharmacy was able to get the sensor delivered to her son before the sensor on his arm expired. Dexcom G7 All-in-One Sensor & Transmitter - $249.90 This device transmits glucose readings to a smartphone, smart device, or receiver as often as every five minutes, providing up to 244 readings in a 24-hour period without the need for finger pricks or blood samples. Each day, week, month, and year the HADC staff and dedicated volunteers invest countless hours into discovering solutions and helping individuals navigate the system to assist individuals living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). HADC did some research and learned of a glucose meter that can talk. Large display meter for easy-to-read menu icons - Optional English/Spanish talking feature HADC was able to provide her with CGM sensors through the Compassion Care Program HADC participates in and the talking glucose meters.
Mother