FARE represents the voice of the patient by working tirelessly to promote practices, policies, regulations, and laws making the world a safer and more inclusive place for everyone in the food allergy community. As a cornerstone of its mission, FARE’s advocacy function operates at every level of government — federal, state, and local — mobilizing individuals, families, and allies to drive meaningful change.

Our policy priorities are driven by the food allergy community’s needs, with advocates working together in local teams to make change happen in Washington, D.C., and across the country to advance key federal, state, and local initiatives. Through our nationwide network, grassroots mobilization of advocates, Capitol Hill fly-ins, and strategic legislative partnerships, FARE ensures that the 33 million Americans living with food allergy have a powerful, unified voice in shaping the policies affecting their daily lives and health.

FARE’s successes in advocacy include increased federal funding for research, improved access to life-saving epinephrine, food allergy management, and focus on a cure. Our advocacy has also produced legislative victories on food labeling, including passage of the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research (FASTER) Act, which updated allergen labeling laws to include sesame as the ninth top allergen.

Additionally, FARE advocates for affordable access to treatment. Making life-saving medicine more affordable for food allergy families is among FARE’s highest priorities, as demonstrated by advocating legislation in New York that capped the cost of epinephrine autoinjectors at $100 per pack.

FARE’s engagement in meetings, events, thought leadership and positioning with congressional offices, committees, leadership and regulatory agencies has resulted in building relationships, legislative successes and improved federal agency rules for the benefit of the patient community today and moving us closer toward the discovery of a cure tomorrow.