Enhanced Lifeline & Linkup

Enhanced Lifeline is a program for all households on any Indian reservations. If you qualify for Enhanced Lifeline, your monthly basic local telephone rate will be $1.00 (one dollar) plus taxes and fees. Call GRTI for an Enhanced Lifeline application or print one from the website. Either mail or fax it to GRTI office in Lone Butte Industrial Park.

How do you qualify? - If you live on an Indian reservation and participate in one of the nine programs, you qualify for Enhanced Lifeline.

GRTI customer participates in one or more of the programs listed below:

Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
Food Stamps or USDA Commodity Food Program
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Medicaid (ACCHS)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Vocational Rehabilitation (including Aid to the Hearing Impaired)
BIA General Assistance Program
Head Start Program
National School Lunch Program (Free meals) DES Cash Assistance (CA), Family Assistance (FA), General Assistance (GA)
Tribally-Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TTANF)
Income at or below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

Family Size
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Annual Income
$14,621
$19,670
$24,719
$29,768
$34,817
$39,866
$44,915
$49,964

Additional Information
Click HERE for more information in PDF format.
To Print an application for residential service please click HERE.

How do I apply? - Complete an Enhanced Lifeline application form and mail it to GRTI, or drop the form off at the GRTI office in the Lone Butte Industrial Park. If you have any questions about your service or need an application you can print one HERE or you can call GRTI Customer Service at (520) 796-3333.

When you qualify for Enhanced Lifeline you also qualify for Link-Up. Link-Up pays up to 50% of your installation fee (up to $75) when you start your initial service.

You only need to participate in one of the programs listed above to qualify, some telephone companies or states may vary in qualifications depending upon their regulations. If you are not a GRTI customer, call and ask your local telephone company for an Enhanced Lifeline application. For additional information on Enhanced Lifeline visit the FCC website at www.fcc.gov/indians.