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Every senior citizen should have a cell phone as an emergency outlet and being able to get one for free from the federal government isn't a bad place to start. You don't have to be just a senior citizen to qualify for this program though. You can also apply if you're on a government program, disability, a low income party and so on. Since you don't get a lot of minutes per month this isn't meant as a replacement of the home phone but rather an outlet for someone, the senior citizen and so on if their out walking, driving and so forth. It's completely free to apply for and the service is free as well, even the phone. If you're on assistance like Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, sometimes social security and so on you could potentially get immediate qualification. You can qualify if you're low income but there is more of a qualification process to go through for approval.

First check out the local and state assistance website and you can get information for the program Lifelink. Just follow the simple instructions to apply. This is one of the companies that is used the most to give an outlet to the senior citizen as well as other individuals.

SafeLink Wireless is the other outlet and it adjudicates the free cell phone programs. The SafeLink program isn't available in every state right now but the number is growing. All you have to do is simply visit the SafeLink website and put in your zip code in order to find out if it's in your area. If it is you can find out if you qualify through going through the qualification process and you'll get both your phone and your minutes directly from the SafeLink program.

Once you've applied for the phone you can look back to the website and check on your approval status. If you have to go through the income verification it can take a little longer but not much usually. After you've qualified they'll mail you your phone. Usually it comes in a few days but can take up to a couple of weeks and you can have the phone up and active by the beginning of the next month.

You'll have to qualify again yearly, done in the same manner that you did so initially. Even though we're focusing on an outlet for a senior citizen you can apply if you qualify on any of the programs and more we listed above and you could qualify based upon employment status. SafeLink isn't an exclusionary to seniors. It's a free application process and everything else is free as well so you owe it to yourself and the senior citizen in your life to make sure the application is gone through and a potentially lifesaving cell phone is received.