Lifeline#
The Lifeline program subsidizes phone and broadband plans for low-income households. On behalf of the Federal Communications Commission, Lifeline is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company, a nonprofit, through the Universal Service Fund.
Eligibility#
The FCC provides at most one Lifeline benefit to households with income below 135% of the federal poverty guideline, as well as to households with members that participate in Medicaid, SSI, and SNAP (PolicyEngine supports these three), as well as other programs.
Benefit#
Lifeline provides up to $9.25 per month.
Variable#
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from policyengine_us.tools.documentation import (
variable_summary,
variation_chart,
)
variable_summary("lifeline")
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Metadata | |
| Name | lifeline |
| Label | Lifeline |
| Entity | spm_unit |
| Definition period | year |
| Has a formula | True |
| Value type | float |
| Unit | currency-USD |
| Documentation | Amount of Lifeline phone and broadband benefit |
| Reference | [https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/54.403] |
| Quantity type | flow |
| Defined for | All entities |
Values by income#
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variation_chart(
"lifeline",
additional_data=dict(
spm_units=dict(
spm_unit=dict(
broadband_cost=40 * 12,
)
)
),
)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[2], line 1
----> 1 variation_chart(
2 "lifeline",
3 additional_data=dict(
4 spm_units=dict(
5 spm_unit=dict(
6 broadband_cost=40 * 12,
7 )
8 )
9 ),
10 )
TypeError: variation_chart() got an unexpected keyword argument 'additional_data'