The Lifeline Assistance program by the US government is one of the most successful public aid initiatives in recent times. It’s estimated that 12 to 15 million Americans are already enjoying this benefit, and more are signing up across the country each day. Getting a free government phone via the Lifeline Assistance program is as easy as calling a specific service provider or applying via their easy to use and understand websites.
Are you Qualified for the Lifeline Assistance Program?
You are qualified if your income is below the limit listed below for each state. You are also qualified for the Lifeline Assistance Program if you have Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), SSI, and other public assistance programs.
Members of tribal communities like the Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families from Tribal Groups, or the Headstart Program are also qualified
Steps To Get a Free Government Phone
Follow these easy steps if your income is below the limits listed below or if you have assistance from the government or are a member of the tribal communities
Find a Service Provider in Your State – Look for your state listed below and click the free government phone provider links under them. You can also call the numbers next to the links.
Once you’ve found your state, skip to the 2nd step written below.
Alabama ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
North American Local – 877-200-1367
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Alaska ($20,493 and below individual income; add $7,290 per additional member in the household to the limit)
GCI/AlaskaDigiTel – 1-800-800-4800
Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative – 1800-478-6409, 907-563-3989
Copper Valley Wireless – 800-478-6612
Arizona ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
Arkansas ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Aboslute Mobile – 855-574-2032
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless– 1-800-723-3546
Assist Wireless – 1-855-392-7747
Cintex Wireless – 1-800-826-0337
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
True Wireless 1-877-818-7464
US Connect – 855-567-8953
California ($26,400 and below individual income; add $6,600 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
SafetyNet Wireless – 1-888-224-3213
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Colorado ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Connecticut ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
District of Columbia ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless– 1-800-723-3546
Delaware ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Florida ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Georgia ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Amerimex Mobile (For Hispanics) – 1-877-312-1691, 404-224,9915
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
SafetyNet Wireless– 1-888-224-3213]
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Hawaii ($18,846 and below individual income; add $6,709 per additional member in the household to the limit)
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Idaho ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Illinois ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
Indiana ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Iowa ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Kansas ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Kentucky ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Easy Wireless – 855-574-2036
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
SafetyNet Wireless – 1-888-224-3213]
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Louisiana ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
NewPhone Wireless – 855-204-3667
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Terracom Wireless– 1-877-351-4747
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Maine ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Cintex Wireless – 1-800-826-0337
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Maryland ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Cintex Wireless – 1-800-826-0337
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
True Wireless 1-877-818-7464
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Massachusetts ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Michigan ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
SafetyNet Wireless – 1-888-224-3213
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Minnesota ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assist Wireless – 1-855-392-7747
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Mississippi ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Safelink Wireless– 1-800-723-3546
Missouri ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assist Wireless – 1-855-392-7747
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Easy Wireless – 855-574-2036
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Nebraska ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Nevada ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
New Hampshire ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
New Jersey ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
New York ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
New Mexico ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
North Carolina ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
North Dakota ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Ohio ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Oklahoma ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the houshold to the limit
Assist Wireless – 1-855-392-7747
Easy Wireless – 855-574-2036
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Infiniti Mobile – 918-794-8822
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
True Wireless 1-877-818-7464
Oregon ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Pennsylvania ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Amerimex Mobile (For Hispanics) – 1-877-312-1691, 404-224,9915
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Rhode Island ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Cintex Wireless – 1-800-826-0337
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
True Wireless 1-877-818-7464
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
South Carolina ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
ClearTalk Wireless – 888-677-7795
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
South Dakota ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Tennessee ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
ClearTalk Wireless – 888-677-7795
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Texas ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
True Wireless 1-877-818-7464
Utah ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Vermont ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Virginia ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Washington State ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
West Virginia ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
Cintex Wireless – 1-800-826-0337
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
US Connect – 855-567-8953
Wisconsin ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
Access Wireless – 1-800-464-6010
American Assistance – 866-966-2628
Assurance Wireless – 1-888-898-488
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
SafetyNet Wireless – 1-888-224-3213
Tag Mobile – 1-866-469-8736
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Terracom Wireless – 1-877-351-4747
TruConnect – 800-430-0443
Wyoming ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Tempo Communications – 877-822-8501
Puerto Rico ($16,389 and below individual income; add $5,832 per additional member in the household to the limit)
EnTouch Wireless – 866-488-8719
Feel Safe Wireless – 877247-7799
Life Wireless – 1-888-543-3620
Q-Link Wireless – 855-754-6543
Safelink Wireless – 1-800-723-3546
StandUp Wireless – 1-800-544-4441
2. Study and Compare – Once you have selected a free goverment phone provider, read the phone and plan offers on their website. You can also talk to a representative if you choose to call instead.
3. Enroll – Follow the instructions on the website or what the representative on the phone gives you. You might need to provide and upload your documents if you use the website, or mail copies of your documents if you choose to call. Its also easier to use your IDs for Medicaid or SNAP compared to your income since less proof is required.
You will also need a valid home address with a specific street name so the free government phone can be mailed to you. PO Boxes and anything similar will not be accepted.
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