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California LifeLine Program

California LifeLine provides discounted home phone and cell phone services to qualified households.

CA LifeLine Fact Sheet

A banner will be displayed on the https://www.californialifeline.com/en that will inform visitors that the personal identification numbers (PIN)s are no longer required.

Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The federal ACP no longer accepts applications. ACP will run through April 2024. 

  • If you need more information on the ACP Wind-Down, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/acp-consumer-outreach-toolkit.
  • In January 2024, CPUC President Alice Reynolds and California Department of Technology Director Liana Bailey-Crimmins submitted a letter to California’s Congressional Delegation urging Congress to approve additional funding for the ACP. Click here to read the letter.

Program Information

  • California LifeLine Contacts
  • California LifeLine Eligibility
  • California LifeLine Related Forms and Notices For Carriers

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