Federal Lifeline internet and telephone discount program overview

Long-Term Services and Supports WEBINAR

Federal Lifeline internet and telephone discount program overview Tomorrow, March 27, 2019 The federal Lifeline program provides internet and phone service discounts to qualifying, low-income people. In this webinar, you will learn about the program, eligibility criteria, and how to leverage the program to help low income tribal consumers in your community connect to jobs, family, and emergency services. The Universal Service Administration Company (USAC) administers the federal Lifeline program. It is available to eligible low-income consumers in every state, territory, and commonwealth and on tribal lands. Participants in this webinar will learn: how to inform eligible tribal community members about the Lifeline program benefits and application process; how to leverage the federal Lifeline monthly subsidy to support job training and health care needs of low-income Native community members; and how to identify opportunities to train tribal health officials about how to assist their communities with Lifeline benefit eligibility. Have questions for our presenters? Let us know before or during the webinar by emailing ltssinfo@kauffmaninc.com. Please note your location's call in time: 8 a.m. Hawaii 10 a.m. Alaska 11 a.m. Pacific 11 a.m. Arizona 12 p.m. Mountain 1 p.m. Central 2 p.m. Eastern

Presenters Jessica Zufolo Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships Lifeline Leah Sorini Communications Associate Lifeline Forrest Cox Program Analyst, Data Reporting Lifeline

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