Lifeline Program
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Find out if you qualify for up to $34.25 towards your internet, home phone, and mobile phone services.
What is the Lifeline Program?
The Lifeline program provides a discount on phone and internet service for qualifying low-income consumers.
Participants receive a service discount of up to $34.25 per month if your household is on qualifying Tribal lands and a discount of up to $9.25 per month if not on Tribal lands.
How to Qualify
- If your income is 135% or less than the Federal Poverty Guidelines. (Not sure of those guidelines? See "Based on Your Income" on the government's official site!)
- If you or your child or dependent participate in the government programs listed here.
- If you are a survivor of domestic violence, human trafficking, or related crimes, you may be eligible. See more information below about the Safe Connections Act.
If you or someone in your household participates in any of these programs, you are automatically eligible.
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Medicaid
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Federal Public Housing Assistance (FPHA)
- Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit
- Tribal Specific Programs
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) General Assistance
- Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF)
- Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation (FDPIR)
- Tribal Head Start (only households that meet the income qualifying standard)
About the Safe Connections Act
The Safe Connections Act (SCA) helps survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and related crimes get discounted phone, internet, or bundled services. If a survivor pursues a line separation request, the SCA requires mobile providers to separate phone lines linked to family plans where the abuser is on the account.
If you are a survivor, you can participate in the Lifeline program if you provide proof of a line separation request and if you are experiencing financial hardship. Survivors experiencing financial hardship may qualify through existing Lifeline program requirements mentioned above or through one of the SCA-specific methods below:
- If your household income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
- Enrollment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- Enrollment in the Free and Reduced-Price School Lunch or Breakfast program, including enrollment at a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school or school district
- Received a Federal Pell Grant in the current award year
If you qualify for Lifeline, your privacy will be protected, and you can receive up to 6 months of emergency Lifeline support. For more information, visit the Survivor Benefit page.