ACP-Program

The LCWA ACP Program

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is an FCC program that helps connect families and households struggling to afford internet service.

The Affordable Connectivity Program, through LCWA, provides:

  • Up to $30/month discount for broadband service;
  • Up to $75/month discount for households on qualifying Tribal lands

The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount per household.

Who is Eligible?

A household is eligible if a member of the household meets at least one of the criteria below:

  • Has an income that is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines;
  • Participates in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, Federal Public Housing Assistance, SSI, WIC, or Lifeline;
  • Participates in one of several Tribal specific programs, such as Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, Tribal Head Start (only households meeting the relevant income qualifying standard), Tribal TANF, or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations;
  • Is approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced-price school lunch program or the school breakfast program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision; or
  • Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year;

Check out GetInternet.gov for a consumer FAQ and other program resources.

Two-Steps to Enroll

  1. Go to GetInternet.gov to submit an application to the FCC (for Spanish version, go here: accedeainternet.gov), or print out a mail-in application; by the way, see this link for a video on how to submit an application to the FCC: https://player.vimeo.com/video/813184924?h=e32759c1ef
  2. After your application is approved at the above link, and you have received an Application ID from the FCC, contact La Canada Wireless Association to begin the enrollment process.  Email to acp.enrollment@lcwireless.net your:
    • Application ID
    • First and Last Name (the same as you entered them in your application)
    • Date of Birth
    • Email or Phone Number (the same as you entered it in your application)

Eligible households must both apply to the FCC for the program, and then once approved, contact LCWA to process their ACP enrollment.

To get more information from the FCC about the ACP program, Call 877-384-2575, or go to GetInternet.gov

To access this FCC information in various languages, note this:

The full consumer application is available in English and in Spanish.
Additionally, application instructions
<https://www.affordableconnectivity.gov/help/tools/#instructions>  and
consumer fact sheets and handouts
<https://www.fcc.gov/acp-consumer-outreach-toolkit>  are available in
additional languages including English and Spanish.

Further application support is available through the ACP Support Center in
over 200 languages. To contact the ACP Support Center, please call (877)
384-2575 or email ACPSupport@usac.org <mailto:ACPSupport@usac.org> .