Telephone

The expense for basic service fees of landlines or cell phones are allowable when the budgetary unit is obligated to pay any portion of the telephone expense. This includes the following:

● When the expense is billed separate from or itemized with rent or mortgage.

● When the participant is responsible for the charges (even when it is billed to another person).

When the budgetary unit participates in the Lifeline Assistance Program, a telephone expense is allowable when one or more of the following apply:

● The discount program does not pay the expense in full

● Extra airtime is purchased after exhausting free minutes