Requirements for Universal Lifeline Telephone Service/California Lifeline
California Lifeline, formerly known as Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (ULTS), provides discounted basic residential (landline) telephone service to low-income households. You can now apply online at www.CaliforniaLifeline.com. You are strongly encouraged to watch for postcards or other notices reminding you that the ULTS contractor has not received your application. Even if you completed and mailed the form, mistakes can happen. Please make copies of what you have sent and log the dates. If you get a reminder notice after you sent the form in the right envelope and believe it should have been received, you will have no way to prove it if you do not follow up on any reminder notices. It is also recommended that all calls you make are logged and dated in case you are forced to appeal a denial letter.
Available Discounts
| Service |
Description |
Rate |
| Flat-Rate Local Telephone Service | Unlimited local calls and same free access to directory assistance calls as provided to non-ULTS flat-rate residential customers. | Monthly recurring: the lower of $5.47 to $6.84 or 1/2 of utility's residential flat-rate local telephone service. |
| Measured Local Telephone Service | 60 local calls per month; additional calls may be billed at different rates depending on the carrier. | Monthly recurring--lesser of the range between $2.91 to $3.66: 1/2 of utility's residential measured local telephone service ranging from |
| Service Connecction and Service Conversion | For initiation of telephone service, or change of class/type/grade of service. |
Non-recurring:
|
For the rest of the discounts, go to http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/Telco/Public+Programs/lifelinedetails.htm#discounts
Two Steps to Enroll
1) If you think you meet the above qualifications, contact your telephone company and tell them you want to enroll in California LifeLine. If the telephone company can verbally qualify you, they will enroll you immediately.
2) Within two to three weeks California LifeLine will mail an enrollment form in a PINK envelope to you . In order to maintain your telephone discounts, you must complete the enrollment form, sign it, and return it to the California LifeLine certification agent along with any required income documentation by the due date. If you do not return the completed and signed form to the California LifeLine certification agent by the due date, you will be disqualified and removed from the program. In addition, your telephone company will bill you for any discounts you may have received.
Qualification Types
1. Program-Based:
You can qualify for California LifeLine if you or another person in your household is enrolled in any one of the following public-assistance programs:
| Medicaid/Medi-Cal | Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) |
| Supplemental Security Income (SSI) | Federal Public Housing Assistance or Section 8 |
| Food Stamps | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) |
| Healthy Families Category A | National School Lunch's FREE Lunch Program (NSL) |
| Tribal TANF | Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance |
| Women, Infant and Children Program (WIC) | Head Start Income Eligible (Tribal Only) |
2. Income-Based
You can qualify for California LifeLine if your total household income is at or less than these incomes as of June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010 to meet inflation costs. Current annual income qualifications should apply until the end of 5/31/09: $22,900 for 1-2 members, $26,900 for 3 members, $32,400 for 4 m3mbers and $5,500 for each additional member.
NEW AS OF JUNE 1, 2009
|
Household Size |
ULTS Annual Income Limits |
| 1-2 members | $24,000 |
| 3 members | $28,200 |
| 4 members | $34,000 |
| Each additional member | $5,800 |
California LifeLine Call Center if Company Cannot Answer Your Questions:
- Contact the LifeLine Call Center for general information about the California LifeLine program.
- The LifeLine Call Center can also help find telephone companies that offer California LifeLine and connect consumers to these California LifeLine approved telephone companies.
- The LifeLine Call Center's hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday. It is closed on federal holidays and weekends.
- If a consumer wants in-language help for a language not listed below, call the English toll-free number and ask for interpretation services.
- Call the applicable telephone number:
| English | 1-866-272-0349 |
| Spanish | 1-866-272-0350 |
| Laotian/Hmong | 1-866-272-0351 |
| Cambodian | 1-866-272-0352 |
| Tagalog | 1-866-272-0353 |
| Korean | 1-866-272-0354 |
| Vietnamese | 1-866-272-0355 |
| Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) | 1-866-272-0356 |
| Japanese | 1-866-296-0860 |
| TTY | 1-866-272-0358 |
California LifeLine Administrator
- Contact the Administrator for certification and verification related questions and concerns.
- The Administrator's hours of operation are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday. It is closed on state holidays and weekends.
- Call the applicable telephone number:
|
English/Spanish |
1-877-858-7463 |
|
Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) |
1-888-765-1566 |
|
Korean |
1-888-765-1567 |
|
Japanese |
1-888-765-1568 |
|
Vietnamese |
1-888-765-1569 |
|
Tagalog |
1-888-765-1577 |
|
TTY |
1-888-858-7889 |
CPUC's Consumer Affairs Branch
For complaints or problems related to California LifeLine, contact the CPUC's Consumer Affairs Branch at 1-800-649-7570.
New LifeLine Procedures for General Order 153 Prevent Backbilling:
A new decision adopted a pre-qualification requirement for the program. Under this process, a new applicant for the program receives the discounted LifeLine rate for telephone service AFTER the Certifying Agent determines eligibility. The difference in this process and the old process is that new applicants will no longer be able to call the carrier and immediately be placed on LifeLine. The new process should prevent any backbilling by carriers if a new applicant is denied.
Required Documents
In order to qualify for California LifeLine based on household income, you will need to provide documents proving that your total household income is at or below the income maximum for your household size. Income documents include:
· Prior year's state, federal, or tribal tax return
· Income statements or paycheck stubs for three consecutive months within the calendar year
· Statement of benefits from Social Security, Veterans Administration, retirement/pension, unemployment compensation, and/or workmen's compensation
· Divorce decree
· Child support document
· Other official documents
Yearly Re-Certification Process
The California LifeLine program requires all existing California LifeLine customers to verify their eligibility on an annual basis. Each year, on your LifeLine anniversary date, the California LifeLine program will mail to you, in a PINK envelope, a LifeLine verification form. In order to continue receiving your LifeLine discount, you must complete and sign the form and return it to California LifeLine by the due date.
Funding Source & Administration:
California LifeLine is funded by an all-end-user surcharge billed and collected by telecommunications carriers which, in turn, remit the surcharge monies to a financial institution as directed by the Commission or its representatives. Procedures for the administration of ULTS are outlined in General Order (GO 153) at http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/published/GENERAL_ORDER/40482.htm
- Public Purpose Telecommunications Programs: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/Telco/Public+Programs/
Other links:
- Solix Website Demonstration Slides - April 16, 2008
- ULTS program related forms and notices for current and potential carriers
Forms, Apply Online, and Frequently Asked Questions
Samples of qualification forms, instructions for qualification forms, frequently asked questions, and online applications are available at: www.CaliforniaLifeline.com.
ULTS program related forms and notices for current and potential carriers
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My mother died recently on May 30th, 2010 Memorial Day weekend leaving me with debt and one less check in the household to help pay the rent. Additionally I have become unemployed and I am now supporting my struggling household of now 2 (two) with my UIB-Unemployment Insurance Benefits of only $280 per week. Obviously my income is now FAR BELOW the original annual $28K and my household has already applied for and have finally obtained respective low income energy discounts from PG&E-Pacific Gas and Electric and SMUD-Sacramento Municipal Utility District electric.
So, I was wondering if I could still have the Universal Lifeline Service Discount and still have uninterrupted DSL service through AT&T?
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That's wonderful that under
That's wonderful that under this process, a new applicant for the program receives the discounted LifeLine rate for telephone service after the Certifying Agent determines eligibility. Nice blog.
Although I don't like this
Although I don't like this (and am considering dropping my landline -- and more so now), the reality is the opposite -- less users requires each user to pay more. There is fixed infrastructure to maintain and if those costs are spread out over fewer people, each person much pay more.
Consider a cable with a bundle of 100 twisted pairs strung along telephone poles. If 10 years ago, 80 of those pairs were in use for active subscriber lines, maintenance and repair activities (such as routine tree trimming or repairing the cable after a tree limb falls on it) were amortized over those 80 customers. If only 10 of those pairs are now in use, these maintenance and repair costs are the same but now spread over only 10 subscribers - so they have to pay 8x as much for that portion of their bill which is devoted to such fixed costs.
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Hi. I applied for the discount of my monthly telephone several weeks ago, and I have not heard anything back, after I had already re-submitted the application attaching all the required documents as proof of my income. Cox Communications is billing me regular rates, and indicated that I was delinquent $2.69, when I had never received a bill from them, before for that amount, and I had already paid off a disputed amount in order to get the telephone service. Do you know why it is taking so long to get a response from Universal Lifeline, or CA Lifeline?
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How do you provide documentation for zero income?
Today I was rejected for lifeline coverage because I had no income in the last year.
"Taylor", the customer service rep I just got off the phone with, said "the lifeline service is only for low income, not zero income people." She also said I needed documentation of zero income from an employer.
When I replied that it is impossible to provide proof of zero income, she just repeated that zero income people did not qualify, and I had to have three months of (low) income to to qualify, or be on some kind of public assistance income.
I asked if the IRS or Franchise Tax Board could be contacted to verify that I had no income and was not a dependent. She said that was not possible.
This makes no sense. Zero income people make less money then low income people. LOL (I have been living very, very carefully on fast dwindling savings and a cashed out IRA)
Also, the rules do not exclude zero income people, it says "is at or less than."
What to do?
How do you provide documentation for zero income?
Review General Order (GO) 153 section 5. Eligibility Criteria for Obtaining and Retaining Lifeline.
You can access GO 153 at www.cpuc.ca.gov
Replying to: ZERO INCOME TO QUALIFY FOR PHONE SERVICE
To provide proof of your statement that you have no income, a notarized affidavit is considered proof and evidence and will stand up in any court or legally be used in this matter and can not be cross examined under any court questioning.
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I know as a reader you are not responsible for how mis-managed Verizon is. I have had nothing but issues with them since I first moved. I once had solid service from them when I had a phone line and DSL- when I moved I had to get FIOS. After many missed appointments from Verzion, I was hooked in. After having terrible phone service I wanted to switch to Vonage. I had to keep internet because they were supposedly the only FIOS offerer in my new area of Perris, CA. I was told I needed to keep a phone number from Verzion to ensure my internet worked. Fine- give me the cheapest plan AND I even told them to cancel my Lifeline service because I was financially fit now. They "did". I dont know what my new number was supposed to be because I never receive a bill (although I have asked repeatedly for them to please send me a hard copy) and I never give out the number because I use my Vonage number. I always get a past due notice which I pay immediately for Verizon. Getting to the question... I get one of those pink renewal notices for Lifeline. Ignore at first because I cancelled it/ dont need it months ago. 2nd notice comes in and I look it over- look at the phone number listed for it & assume it is the number designated for my verizon Fios Internet line. I call it- and someone answers. Am I paying every month for someone elses phone or what????
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Cell phones and lifeline
Cell phones and lifeline, How many providers are in California? None, It's only landlines still, As Lifeline was setup for landlines and has never been updated for cell phones and with landlines going bye bye, Pretty soon the only people left with a landline will be those who are disabled and the phone companies will then want to file for abandonment with the CPUC or just do It anyway by selling the remains off to some small company who won't want the Lifeline restrictions. The California Legislature needs to change this, Before It's too late and landlines are no more.
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I've been on Lifeline for several years, and am on disability for severe anxiety, which extends to extreme procrastination. Early in 2008 or late 07 I received my Lifeline recertification letter, but kept putting it off, thinking if I delayed recertification it would only cost me $20 or so a month.
Unfortunately I must have subscribed to the Measured Rate service. I was taken off Lifeline in March, and due to an unfortunate cosmic coincidence, the US Postal Service for reasons yet unknown started to return mail to my address to sender. I didn't notice this as most mail got through--things returned were to US government entities, AT&T, and some others I forget.
For three months I wasn't aware of how much I owed AT&T. Due to procrastination I tend to pay bills every two months if the late fees won't be bad. I kept thinking "next bill I get from AT&T I'll pay".
I got a bill in June for about $1200. When I was taken off Lifeline's measured rate it automatically enrolled me in AT&T's measured rate. As I use the internet, I'd been charged for every minute online. This is partly my own fault, but AT&T never called me to tell me I owed them any money, and I only found out when I got a recording from their office notifying me that my mail was being returned to them. Then I found out the USPS thing, fixed that, got back on Lifeline, but still owe the money.
I opened a complaint with CPUC but doubt it will affect what I owe. So, just be careful if you're on measured rate and use the internet--if AT&T drops your lifeline they'll charge you by minute, and will certainly not react if your bill suddenly changes from $7 a month to $400 a month.
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Dave,
I think you'll find that it is your procrastination that leads to your anxiety...not your anxiety that leads to your procrastination. This situation is ENTIRELY your fault. Sorry.
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Did you have dial-up internet or DSL while you were on AT&T measured rate? I'm interested in switching to measured rate because I don't use my landline much except for to go on the internet. I called AT&T and they said those measured minutes don't count toward internet.
Forgot to add
Of course I called AT&T to discuss a reduction of the bill. I was given the run-around for a week until getting to managers, who refused to discount any of the bill. I sent a letter to their managers, who also refused. I'm sorry for replying to my own message twice, I'm very tired.
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I miswrote. I didn't receive a bill in June, I became aware that bills weren't being sent to me then. After that I called AT&T and was shocked that I owed them that much.
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Please inform others.
Going to Consumer Cellular
In September if I can I'll be going to Consumer Cellular after I buy a cheap GSM cell phone as they cover this area very well(I'll be discarding My Landline totally, Also I won't have a contract for 500 minutes a month, Since I'll own My own phone(not a smart phone I hear), The activation fee will then be waived and I'll be joining AARP since I'm 50 Years old which will make the 500 minutes cost Me $28.50 a month, Also Consumer Cellular will send Me a Sim Card as I can't find one for them on Amazon, Which I think is for Free. So goodbye Lifeline until Ya arrive on on a Cell Phone Network in California, Which is rumored to happen after Jan 1st 2011, But of course I won't believe that until I see that.
Lifeline cell phones
In my area (Fresno, California) we have a cell phone carrier Cricket Wireless offers you unlimited talk and text about about $25 to $30 / a month. No credit check or annual contract. There is another one called Metro Cellular. You should check to see what is available in your area. Do not go with big carriers like ATT, Verizon, Sprint, Tmobile etc. All they want to do is put their terms on you and rip you off.
Consumer Cellular is not AT&T
As there is No Contracts there with Consumer Cellular and If You own Your own GSM Phone, There is no activation fee either as they waive that and for Non Seniors 500 minutes a month is $30 a month, 1000 minutes is $10 more, CricKet Wireless is CDMA, Consumer Cellular will send You a Sim Card to install in Your Phone and they will Port Your Landline phone number too, I checked with T-Mobile and they won't Port My number, Oh and I looked at Verizon, Sprint and AT&T and I'm not interested.
Consumer Cellular is & ins't
Consumer Cellular is & ins't AT&T.
Consumer Cellular is a mvno of AT&T. They buy access to AT&T gsm service and towers. So, you are still using AT&T gsm towers.
What safeguards are there to
What safeguards are there to prevent identity fraud using the information we are now required to submit? I'm especially concerned about the social security account number. Thanks.
It is surprising that people
It is surprising that people are still asked for that type of information in inappropriate ways.
Universal lifeline documentation
I haven't received the pink envelope from the unversal lifeline. Can I order a copy of the form by calling them?
Another question:
I lost my job for almost 2 years, and since then I have not made any income for the year I lost my job, so I didn't fill out any income tax for this year. Now, I do not have current documentation to give for the universal lifeline for this year. What should I do? I cannot afford to lose my universal life line this year. I have been surviving from my savings and my brother is paying for the utilities including my phone while I am trying to find a job. Is there anything I can do to continue with universal lifeline? I just cannot afford to pay more on my telephone service, especially now that I am struggling to find a job while my money is diminishing fast.
Please respond to my ASAP.
Thank you.
Check website or call.
You should check their website at californialifeline.com for more information on ways you could qualify for the help. File a tax return with no income for use in these types of things. Also:
If you have already called your telephone company or if you are currently enrolled in LifeLine and have questions about your application or due dates, please call the California LifeLine hotline at 1-877-858-7463 or TTY 1-888-858-7889.
customer fraud
what do you do if a neighbor who lives down the street proudly admits she is on life line and has been for years - and you know she is not eligible and not even close to being eligible for this program. She signed up using her maiden name, has her 2 small children and 1 adult daughter living with her AND her husband of around 10 years. This woman chooses or does not have to not work because her husband is an executive at a large company, possibly vice president. he probably pulls down 200-250k/year at least. She also employs 2 - 6 "laborers" to help her around house every day. is there a fraud hotline to report end users who are abusing the system?
Make sure you know.
Specifically addressing the question:
Do you know for certain that this person is ineligible? From the very general information you have provided it sounds like you are just making the assumption that this person is ineligible. There could be something you have not been told or are not seeing. The children could be from different fathers. She could be on public assistance if that is the case because her "husband" does not equal "father" just because they are living in the same place. That public assistance can be valid because the "husband" is not required to take care of her children unless he is the true father.
On another note:
This lifeline assistance cannot exceed more than $20 a month long term. I have not seen any rates higher than that for the basic measured or flat rate local service to which the assistance would apply. Instead of wasting your energy trying to cause problems for your neighbor, try getting the biggest cheats that you can in your life and bringing them to justice?
jealous?
jealous?
why would you ask that?
why would you ask that?
How to Cancel?
How does one cancel their enrollment in this program if they no longer qualify? Do they call their telephone company or Lifeline? Thank You.
Cancel Lifeline
You should contact your phone company directly.
Renewal of California certificate
Hello,
My name is Tuan Nguyen, home phone : 714-537-5835
Address : P.O. Box 402 Garden Grove, CA 92842-0402
I am using my home telephone services with California Lifeline program. As requested by Lifeline Program, I have sent a confirmation of my current income situation for continuing the program for year 2008. However, I received a message from AT&T informing that my qualification is still unapproved due to lack of my updated income confirmation.
Please kindly double-check my filing document for the issue, or tell me a necessary alternative to do before the deadline.
Thanks,
Tuan Nguyen
AT&T LifeLine Problem
Has your problem been remedied yet? If so, what happened and if not, I need your bills, letters and any literature you have received pertaining to the LifeLine program. Please copy and mail to 3100 5th Ave., Ste B San Diego, CA 92103--ATTN: Sue
removed from the program because of a "non-deliverable address"
I sent my recertification form with my information and signature on it before the due date and so far,nothing has changed regarding my income. When I got my bill from ATT,I was surprised to find out that I was charged an extra $35 or $45 because I was removed from the California Lifeline program. I called the customer service and they told me that the form they sent was mailed back to them because of "undeliverable address". I just dont understand why because though we moved to a different city, we still get our mail from our old address and we have never encountered a program like this with our other bills or mail. The representative said that its a problem with our post office and they cant do anything about it. I just think that its not fair to just remove me from the program without notifying me or giving me a warning about the possibility of losing my certification.Now they're telling me that they cant do anything about it,I just have to pay the entire amount..I have no intention of not paying the bill but I just want to know if I can be given a consideration since the mistake didnt come from me,I did what i had to do which is to send the recertification back before the due date.The extra amount i had to pay really counts so much for us because of our tight budget these days,otherwise I wouldnt be enrolled in a low-income program such as this.thank you so much.
Post new comment.
Instead of replying to people you think can help you, try posting a new comment. When you reply to people who are helping other people it does not help you get help online because you are "stealing" attention away from the person or people being helped and it clutters up the messages for everyone.
Try to call them back.
You could dispute the amount while trying to fix your problem. If you are certain that all your mail still should have been forwarded to your new address, call the company back and dispute the amount on your bill that would have been covered by the program's help (assuming you did not already pay). Ask to speak to a supervisor if you can't get anywhere with the representative. You are trying to get them to resend whatever form that the company needed from you to get back into the program.
Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (ULTS)
I have been trying to regain the California Lifeline / Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (ULTS) that I have been applicable once before, and that I am applicable for currently, to my phoneline, but since I've signed up with AT&T I have not been able to re-enact the service. Telephone, email, event a visit to the AT&T office, yet nothing has worked, neither while my telephone line was active nor now, after the line has been disconnected due to non-payment. This notice that I'm looking at currently, "Do not sign a contract until the company has completed this form," I believe is the only error I could have committed. Too bad I've discovered this after the fact. SBC Global was thhe phone company that I had gone through previously, abd this time I went with AT&T because I allowed a friend, Lynette Nicco, to sign me up. I am searching for a job currently, so I desperately need a telephone line. I would appreciate it if I could get some assistance in acquiring Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (ULTS) once again. Thank you.
Brian Fergel
3800 Crowell rd apt 141
Turlock, CA 95382
AT&T disconnected phone number: 209 632 6337
Current message phone: 209 863 8096
bfergel@yahoo.com
universal lifeline
i have residence flat rate, but i need universal lifeline flat rate
so please sent me some paper work for it
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