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Enhanced Lifeline for Tribal LandsEnhanced Lifeline for Tribal Lands

• Eligible tribal members may receive Eligible tribal members may receive locallocal home home phone service for phone service for as little as $1 a monthas little as $1 a month..

• Provides Provides bigger discountsbigger discounts on monthly local on monthly local home phone service comparedhome phone service compared to California to California LifeLine LifeLine

• Tribal members must live on a federally-recognized Tribal members must live on a federally-recognized Indian tribe’s reservations.Indian tribe’s reservations.

• Carriers may each call, Enhanced Lifeline for Tribal Carriers may each call, Enhanced Lifeline for Tribal Lands, differently. Lands, differently.

Enhanced Lifeline for Tribal LandsEnhanced Lifeline for Tribal Lands

• Residents of tribal lands must meet the federal Residents of tribal lands must meet the federal government’s eligibility guidelines to get the bigger government’s eligibility guidelines to get the bigger discount for the monthly local home phone service.discount for the monthly local home phone service.

• Residents of tribal lands must meet CA’s eligibility Residents of tribal lands must meet CA’s eligibility guidelines to get guidelines to get CA’s better discountCA’s better discount on service on service connection and conversion charges.connection and conversion charges.

• The federal government and CA have different The federal government and CA have different eligibility guidelines.eligibility guidelines.

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Based on the federal government’s eligibility guidelines, one must Based on the federal government’s eligibility guidelines, one must either have an income that is at or below 135 percent of the federal either have an income that is at or below 135 percent of the federal Poverty Guidelines, or participate in one of the following assistance Poverty Guidelines, or participate in one of the following assistance programs:programs:

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Enhanced Lifeline for Tribal LandsEnhanced Lifeline for Tribal Lands

Medicaid Food Stamps or SNAP SSI Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8) LIHEAP TANF NSL’s Free Lunch Program Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance Tribally-Administered TANF (TTANF) Head Start Tribal National School Lunch Program