Lifeline Assistance Eligibility for Alaska Lifeline cell phones

You are eligible if you receive benefits from any of these programs in Alaska:

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps or SNAP)
• Medicaid
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
• Veterans Pension and Survivor's Benefit.
• Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance (BIA)
• Tribally Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF)
• Tribal Head Start (only those households meeting its income qualifying standard)
• Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

Plus, you may be eligible under these state programs, until the new federal laws make them ineligible win 2017:

• Alaska Temporary Assistance Program
• Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
• Adult Public Assistance (which includes aid to the aged, blind and disabled)
• BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) General Assistance
• Tribally Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
• Head Start (meeting qualifying income standards)
• National School Lunch Program's Free Lunch program
• Denali KidCare
• WIC Program (Women, Infants and Children Care Program)
• Pioneer Home Payment Assistance
• Alaska State Housing Corporation Programs
• Public Housing
• Interest Rate Reduction for Low Income Borrowers
• Home Investment Partnership
• Low Incumbent Housing Tax Credit Program
• State of Alaska Heating Assistance Program
• Veterans Administration Disability Pension
• Senior Citizen Housing Development Fund
• State of Alaska Senior Benefits Program
• Childcare Assistance Program, Pass I, II and III

You may also qualify if your Total Household Income is at or under 135% of the Federal Poverty Guideline for Alaska, which we've calculated for you in the table below: