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I’m homeless. Can I get an Obama Phone?

April 20, 2016 | | Filed Under: General, Programs Tagged With: homelessness

The homeless qualify for the program because they are low-income, but don’t qualify for the program because they find themselves in one of several “homeless” situations. Fortunately, there is a solution to this problem.

Luckily, there are solutions to that problem.

Important Pages

  • A guide to Obama Phone providers in your state
  • Obama Phone News & Updates
  • What is the Obama Phone?
  • Who qualifies for an Obama Phone?
    • Tribal Head Start
    • Veterans Pension and Survivors Pension Eligibility for an Obama Phone
  • How to Get an Obama Phone?
  • Obamaphone Providers
  • Who Started the Obama Phone?
  • Lifeline Facts
  • Obama Phone FAQs
  • Discussion Forum / Q&A

Subsidized Internet Too

The FCC has also encouraged major internet providers to provide high-speed broadband to the very same people that qualify for the Obama Phone. Only $9.95 a month. There are cheap internet plans for both cable and DSL. To learn more please go to CheapInternet.com.

Recent News

  • USAC’s port freeze rule eliminated, ObamaPhone customers can now switch companies at any time
  • Obama is gone, and now his enemies want to kill the Obama Phone program
  • Tired of high prices, poor service, awful customer service: Americans want municipal broadband service
  • Federal Communications Commission aborts Lifeline Broadband program
  • FCC changes Lifeline eligibility rules: Who are the winners? And who are the losers?
  • What will happen to the ObamaPhone program when President Obama leaves office?
  • Earthquake in Oklahoma: FCC slashes $25 per month subsidies. Unlimited plans to end?
  • I’m homeless. Can I get an Obama Phone?
  • School superintendents and community groups demand FCC action, want high-speed internet included in Lifeline program
  • Wall Street Journal claims only 5% of Obama Phone users really need free government cell phones

Some Facts

#1 The Lifeline Assistance program started in Tennessee in mid-2008 and is now available in 49 states, DC and Puerto Rico.

#2 You qualify for a phone simply by accepting other government assistance -- Medicaid, food stamps, SSI, National School Lunch, Section 8 Housing, Home Energy assistance and others.

#3 The FCC is currently wrapping up a large pilot program that's testing ways to expand the ObamaPhone program to include broadband internet access.

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