California Lifeline Program - Approved

• The California LifeLine Program provides discounted home phone and cell phone services to qualified households. The California LifeLine Program discounts help consumers lower the cost of their phone bills. Only one discount per household is allowed (except for teletypewriter users and for Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program participants). Call a participating phone company and ask for the California LifeLine discounts to start the application process.
• • Owner
    Alejandra Plata Zuniga
  • Created On
    06-30-2016
  • Updated On
    04-09-2024
  • Update Reminder
    N/A

• How To Contact

  • Name
    General Contact
  • Phone
    (877) 858-7463
  • Fax
    N/A
  • Email
    none@none.com
  • Address
    N/A
  • City
    San Francisco
  • State
    CA

• More Information

  • Start Date
    05-20-2022
  • Expiration Date
    12-01-2025
  • Eligibility
    free
  • Fee
    0.00
  • Organization
    California Public Utilities Commission
  • Zip Code
    94102

• Helpful Links

  • Main Program URL
    https://www.californialifeline.com/en
  • Apply Online
    https://www.californialifeline.com/en/login
  • Provider search
    https://www.californialifeline.com/en/provider_search
  • Apply
    https://www.californialifeline.com/en/login

• Detailed Information

  • California LifeLine Program

    CA LifeLine Fact Sheet (Navigator Please Provide Fact Sheet to Patient) 

    The California LifeLine Program provides discounted home phone and cell phone services to qualified households. The California LifeLine discounts help consumers lower the cost of their phone bills. Only one discount per household is allowed (except for teletypewriter users and for Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program participants). Call a participating phone company and ask for the California LifeLine discounts to start the application process.

    You can qualify for California LifeLine if you or another person in your household is enrolled in any one of the following public assistance programs:

    -Medicaid/Medi-Cal

    -Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

    -Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

    -Federal Public Housing Assistance or Section 8

    -CalFresh, Food Stamps or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

    -Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)

    -National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

    -Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

    1.  California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs)
    2.  Stanislaus County Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (StanWORKs) 
    3.  Welfare-to-Work (WTW) 
    4.  Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) 

    Tribal TANF

    Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance

    Head Start Income Eligible (Tribal Only)

    Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

    You can also qualify for California LifeLine if your household's total annual gross income is at or less than these annual income limits:

     LifeLine Income Guidelines*

     Household Size                                Annual Income Limit

    1-2……………………………..$25,900

    3………………………………..$30,100

    4………………………….…….$36,500

    Each Additional Member……..$6,400

    Effective June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017* 

     

    Only one discount per household for each residential address is allowed. Each household must choose to get the discount either on a home phone or on a cell phone, but not on both. Households cannot get the discount from multiple phone companies. Households that do not follow the one discount per household rule will lose their discounts. 

    When applying for California LifeLine, please only send forms and supporting documentation to the California LifeLine Administrator at this address:

    P.O. Box 8417
    Westminster, CA 92684-8417  

    The California LifeLine Administrator is the only entity with the authority to process California LifeLine related forms. 

• Eligibility Information

  • States
    • CA
  • Counties
    • Accomack County
    • Alameda County
    • Contra Costa County
    • Marin County
    • Napa County
    • Sacramento County
    • San Francisco County
    • San Joaquin County
    • San Mateo County
    • Solano County
    • Sonoma County
    • Yolo County
  • Cities
    • Alameda, CA
    • Castro Valley, CA
    • El Cerrito, CA
    • Emeryville, CA
    • Hercules, CA
    • Martinez, CA
    • Moraga, CA
    • Orinda, CA
    • Pinole, CA
    • San Francisco, CA
    • San Leandro, CA
    • San Pablo, CA
    • San Ramon, CA
    • Walnut Creek, CA
    • Newark, CA
    • Union City, CA
    • Piedmont, CA
    • Oakland, CA
    • Livermore, CA
    • Dublin, CA
    • Berkeley, CA
    • Pittsburg, CA
    • Concord, CA
    • Antioch, CA
    • Brentwood, CA
    • Richmond, CA
    • San Lorenzo, CA
    • Lafayette, CA
    • Pleasanton, CA
    • Pleasant Hill, CA
    • Danville, CA
    • Hayward, CA
    • Albany, CA
    • Fremont, CA
  • Zipcodes
  • School Districts
  • Age Groups
    • Adult
  • Languages Served
    • Hmong
    • Cambodian
    • Tagalog
    • Korean
    • Vietnamese
    • Cantonese
    • English
    • Spanish
  • Family Incomes
  • Insurance Providers

• Files

  Misc Attachment	California Lifeline Telephone Service.pdf	06-30-2016
  Misc Attachment	Fact Sheets_CalifLifeline.pdf	04-19-2017