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PALawHELP.org - Your Online Guide to Legal Information and Legal Services in Pennsylvania PALawHELP.org - Your Online Guide to Legal Information and Legal Services in Pennsylvania Shortcut Navigation Page Content Site Navigation Footer LawHelp.org powered by probono.net All Languages Hide Visit Text size: A A A PALawHelp.org Helping low-income individuals solve legal problemsWell-nighUs Site Help Using this Site Feedback Understand Your Legal Issue Consumer Children and Families Employment Health Law Housing and Shelter Public Benefits Disability Education Elder Law Immigrant Issues Migrant Issues Veterans and Military Find Legal Help Search Legal Directory View legal directory A-Z Search GO Advanced Search Home PUC Encourages Eligible Customers to ‘Stay Connected’ During Lifeline Awareness Week Authored By: Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission In coordination with a national effort to reach those in need of telecommunications assistance, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recognizes Sept. 10-14 as Lifeline Awareness Week, to help nearly 500,000 low-income Pennsylvanians stay connected through the Lifeline Program. “Lifeline is intended to help make communications increasingly affordable and increasingly wieldy for low-income households, helping them stay unfluctuating to information well-nigh jobs, family, health care, schools and emergency services,” said PUC Chairman Gladys M. Brown. “Lifeline helps connect customers to the nation’s communications networks and has been updated to include both voice and broadband options. Participating carriers are required to promote the Lifeline program, and recent changes to the program, such as the requirement for yearly recertification of eligibility, have made educating recipients plane increasingly important.” The Lifeline Program is a government goody program that provides eligible low-income consumers with a unbelieve on monthly service for voice (telephone), Broadband Internet Access Service (or BIAS, usually tabbed internet service), or a combined telephone/internet service product from a landline or wireless provider.  This helps ensure these consumers have the opportunities and security that telephone and Internet service provide, including stuff worldly-wise to connect to jobs, family, health care, schools, and 911 emergency calling services. The program provides a $9.25 per household, per month unbelieve on your telephone or internet service from your landline or wireless provider.  The unbelieve appears in the form of a reduction to the snout you pay your service provider. A consumer qualifies for Lifeline if they are at or unelevated 135 percent of poverty or participate in specific federal programs including Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Veterans’ Pension and Survivor Benefit, Federal Public Housing Assistance (FPHA) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). A consumer receiving Lifeline must protract to certify that they are eligible. A consumer’s provider will notify them in advance. You may re-qualify for Lifeline Assistance based on income (at or unelevated 135 percent of the federal poverty guidelines) or if you participate in these same federal programs. Any of these will serve as qualifying programs until your next recertification. A consumer who fails to recertify by the stage on the notice must re-apply for Lifeline assistance.  The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission balances the needs of consumers and utilities; ensures unscratched and reliable utility service at reasonable rates; protects the public interest; educates consumers to make self-sustaining and informed utility choices; furthers economic development; and fosters new technologies and competitive markets in an environmentally sound manner. Set your location Change/Remove your location Remove your location - OR - Please enter a city, county, or zip lawmaking Set News from PALawHelp.org UnemploymentBountyWorkshop in Exton - Sept. 21 Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania will present a self-ruling workshop on unemployment bounty Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Financial Stability Center, 479 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 500, Exton. Registration is required. 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