Service Name: CALIFORNIA LIFELINE TELEPHONE SERVICE

Organization Name: CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

• Description:

  Provides discounted home phone service to income qualified households. Consumers enrolled in the program pay a fraction of the regular cost of home telephone service from their phone company.
  

• Website: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov
• Email: lifelinehelpdesk@rhainc.com
• Phone(s): (866) 272-0358, (866) 272-0349
• Hours: Mon 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; Tue 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; Wed 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; Thu 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm;
• Eligibility: You can qualify for California LifeLine if you are enrolled in any one of the following public assistance programs: Medicaid/Medi-Cal; Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; SSI; Federal Public Housing Assistance or Section 8; Food Stamps; Women, Infants and Children Program; Healthy Families Category A; National School Lunch's FREE Lunch Program; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids; Stanislaus County Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids; Welfare-to-Work; Greater Avenues for Independence; Tribal TANF; Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance; Head Start Income Eligible (Tribal Only).
  
  You can also qualify for California LifeLine if your total annual household income is at or less than these annual income limits:
  
  1-2 members $24,000
  3 members $28,200
  4 members $34,000
  
  Add $5,800 per person for each additional member
• Requirements: If you choose to qualify by the income-based method you will need to provide documents that show proof of income.
• Areas Served:
  • United States
• Categories:
  • Discounted Utility Services