What is the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)?

Limit one service and device
discount per household.

Program-Based Eligibility

If you qualify for Lifeline or a Lifeline qualifying program like Medicaid or SNAP, you are eligible for the ACP. You also may be eligible if you participate in what’s called an ACP-qualifying program like the free and reduced-price school lunch program. Here is the complete list of qualifying programs:

Income-Based Eligibility

You may be eligible for ACP if your gross yearly household income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines.

Tribal-Based Eligibility

If your household is located on qualifying tribal lands, you may qualify for ACP if your household participates in a Tribal assistance program. If your household participates in one of the following programs, your household may be eligible for the ACP.

Enhanced Support Eligibility

If your household is located on qualifying Tribal lands, you are eligible for the enhanced support discount of up to $75 a month towards your broadband service. The one-time device discount may be available as well, but there are no enhanced features. Your household qualifies for the enhanced Tribal benefit as long as you are eligible for ACP. It does not matter how your household qualifies for ACP. You can learn more by visiting USAC’s Enhanced Tribal Benefit.

What is a Household?

A household qualifies for one ACP service benefit and a one-time device benefit of a $100 discount. How is a household defined? A household includes people living at the same address who have combined incomes and household expenses. It does not include all of the people living at the same address; the FCC and USAC acknowledge that more than one household can live at the same address. 

If two households living at the same address apply for ACP, each household will need to fill out the Household Worksheet, the worksheet is available in English and Spanish.