Kansas Lifeline and Link-Up Programs

The Kansas Lifeline Service Program (KLSP) is a telephone assistance plan that provides income-eligible consumers with a reduction in the price of basic local service.You may be eligible to receive up to $17.77 off your monthly local telephone bill through the Lifeline Program. If you don't currently have telephone service, you may also be eligible for a discount on your connection charge through Link Up America.

You are eligible if you receive any of the following:
Food Stamps, General Assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance to Families, Medicaid, United Tribes Food Distribution Program, Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, Tribally Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Head Start (only those meeting its income qualifying standard), Free School Lunch Program, 150% of the federal poverty level*. A consumer must provide THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS of statements as documentation of income, or provide a copy of their tax return for the previous year.

*2009 Kansas Poverty Level Guidelines
Number In Family	Maximum Annual Income
1	$16,245
2	$21,855
3	$27,465
4	$33,075
5	$38,685
6	$44,295
7	$49,905
8	$55,515
each add'l person	$ 5,610
The Kansas Lifeline program is 150% of the 2009 federal poverty level.

For more information about the Kansas Lifeline or Link-Up program, call your local telephone company or visit www.lifelinesupport.org or www.lifeline.gov.