Eligible Programs
To qualify, your annual income must be at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines or you must
certify that you or someone in your household receives benefits from:
- Medicaid
- VA Survivors Pension
- Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
- National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
- Federal Pell Grant
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly Food Stamps
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance
- Head Start (Income-Based)
- School Breakfast Program (SBP)
- Women, Infants and Children Program
- VA Veterans Pension (Supplemental Income for Wartime Veterans)
You are eligible for the ACP if your income is 200% or less than the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
Affordable
Connectivity Program
The federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) helps you stay connected for less. Qualified customers can save up to $30/mo. or even get free internet or wireless service. This is a new benefit created through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to help more households afford broadband service and internet-connected device. The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.
The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.
The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.
About Kansas Wireless
Over 10
communities helped
Over 76K phones and
tablets distributed
Started in Wichita,
KS in 2018
Frequently Asked Questions
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Lifeline and ACP in Kansas
The ACP helps families connect to the Internet from home by providing a monthly benefit to help pay for an internet service plan.
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What is the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)?
The ACP is part of a new, long-term 14 billion dollar program designed to help low-income households gain access to phone and internet services.
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What is the Lifeline phone program?
A household is eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program if the household income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, or if a member of the household meets at least one of the criteria below:
Participates in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program (Section 8 Vouchers), Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)/202/811, Public Housing, SSI, WIC, or Lifeline;
Participates in Tribal specific programs, such as Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, Tribal TANF, Affordable Housing Programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives or Native Hawaiians, or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations;
Participates in the Free and Reduced-Price School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program, including at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Community Eligibility Provision schools.
Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year; or
Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating provider’s existing low-income internet program.