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Government Plan for Low Income Families

By Henry Armors


For those families who come under the low income group, the US government has started providing free cell phones and cellular services to help them. This is done in a partnership with TracFone Wireless and SafeLink Wireless on a large scale so that around 1,000,000 families are likely to gain free cell phones under this government plan.

Once the eligibility criteria is satisfied, the customer can get his free cell phone and he also gets service by having 250 minutes of free talk time at his disposal. For those who require more talk time, it can be purchased from the company. It saves the family from the burden of paying exorbitant phone bills and is a great benefit to them especially in these days of economic instability for many low income families.

The eligibility for receiving these free cell phones is that the person should be one who is receiving food stamps or enrolled in programs such as Aid for Dependent children. People suffering from other disabilities are also eligible. Most of these people are those whose total family income is way below the national average. Some of the states near the sea are prone to frequent cyclones or even disastrous hurricanes and so the people living in these kinds of vulnerable areas are also allowed to apply for free cell phones. Some other families are forced to dislocate due to natural calamities or wars and so on. These destitute and homeless families are offered the free cell phones under the government program.

The people who get these free phones can look for alternative employment or fix up any jobs or just keep in touch with their children if they are older people. There are many women who are abused by their family and they could call up help lines with the aid of these free phones. After every year, the applicant can renew the program and in case he wants to discontinue he can do so without being forced to surrender the phone.

Applying and getting these free cell phones from this government plan is quite easy as an online option is provided as also is a telephonic application. However, only one person in a family is entitled for the benefit. For more details, you can refer to the US government website.




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