Service Name: LIFELINE

Organization Name: CALIFORNIA LIFELINE -- CALIFORNIA STATE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

• Description: Provides discounts on monthly telephone service for eligible low-income consumers to help ensure they have the opportunities and security that telephone service affords, including being able to connect to jobs, family and 911 services.
• Phone(s):
• Eligibility: To participate in the program, consumers must either have an income that is at or below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines or participate in one of the following assistance programs: - Medicaid - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CalFresh) - Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8) - Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) - Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) - National School Lunch Program' Free Lunch Program - Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance - Tribally-Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TTANF) - Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) - Head Start (if income eligibility criteria are met) or - State assistance Programs (if applicable)
• Areas Served:
  • United States
• Categories:
  • Telephone Service Payment Assistance
  • Discounted Telephone Service