Free Lifeline Phone Service in Cortland county

Program-Based Qualification Method:

You can qualify for New York Lifeline if you or another person in your household is enrolled in any one of these qualifying public assistance programs:

• Medicaid
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Federal Public Housing Assistance
• Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit
• Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• Family Assistance/Safety Net Assistance
• National School Lunch Program
• Tribal Programs:
  1. Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance
  2. Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  3. Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
  4. Tribal Lands Head Start (if income eligibility criteria are met)