The government’s Lifeline Assistance Program gives out free cell phones and monthly service to Americans in need of financial help.
You may be eligible for Lifeline Assistance, the free government cell phones program, and not even know it.
More than 12,500,000 needy Americans already have the free phones and also receive up to 250 free minutes every month.
But considering the remarkable number of ways one can qualify for the program, FreeGovernmentCellPhones.net estimates that as many as 50,000,000 American might be eligible.
Check the following list, because you probably qualify...Read more...
for a free phone and free service if you already participate in any one of the programs below, and your state is one of the 38 that participate. If it looks like you might, then check our “free phones by state” page to confirm your eligibility; in fact, check anyway as some states may have further eligibility opportunities beyond those listed here.
Medicaid
Food Stamps or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
If your total household income is 135% of the Federal poverty level or less (in Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, lllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
If your total household income is 150% of the Federal poverty level or less (in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas)
Federal Public Housing Assistance/Section 8
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Federal Social Security Disability
Veteran Administration Disability Benefits
Vocational Rehabilitation including hearing impaired (in Oklahoma)
National School Lunch program (in most states)
Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance (in Alaska, California and some other states)
Tribally Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (in Alaska)
Veterans Administration Disability Pension (in Alaska)
Low Income Home Energy Assistance (in Alaska)
Women, Infants and Children Program (in California)
State Supplement to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled (in Connecticut)
Refugee Program (in Connecticut)
Bureau of Indian Affairs Programs (Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Head Start Subsidy, NSLP)
Senior citizen low-income discount plan offered by the local gas or power company (Georgia)
Electric Universal Service Program (in Maryland)
Temporary Cash Assistance (in Maryland)
State Child Health Insurance Plan/KIDCARE (in Arizona)
MassHealth (in Massachusetts)
Transitional Aid To Families with Dependent Children (in Massachusetts)
State Aid to Blind Persons or State Blind Pension (in Missouri)
Head Start for income qualifying/residents of Tribal Lands (in Oklahoma)
Vocational Rehabilitation including hearing impaired (in Oklahoma)
Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Assistance to Elderly (RIPAE)
Work Toward Employment (in Utah)
DSHS Chore Service (in Washington)
School Clothing Allowance (in West Virginia)
Homestead Tax Credit (in Wisconsin)
For further information, go to FreeGovernmentCellPhones.net, the #1 authority on the free government cell phones program in America.
