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")

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ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
/tmp/ipykernel_2407/1343165565.py in <cell line: 0>()
----> 1 from policyengine_us.tools.documentation import (
      2     variable_summary,
      3     variation_chart,
      4 )
      5 

~/work/policyengine-us/policyengine-us/policyengine_us/tools/documentation.py in <module>
      7 
      8 from policyengine_core.enums import Enum
----> 9 from policyengine_core.charts import (
     10     LIGHTER_BLUE,
     11     LIGHT_BLUE,

ImportError: cannot import name 'LIGHTER_BLUE' from 'policyengine_core.charts' (/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.11.9/x64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/policyengine_core/charts/__init__.py)

Values by income#

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variation_chart(
    "lifeline",
    additional_data=dict(
        spm_units=dict(
            spm_unit=dict(
                broadband_cost=40 * 12,
            )
        )
    ),
)