Lifeline and Telephone Assistance Plan

Help is available for your broadband or telephone bill.

Man talking on his cell phone
You may be eligible for assistance on your telephone or internet bill if you receive benefits from certain low-income assistance programs.

Please mail the associated documents for either program to:
Roseau Electric Cooperative
PO Box 100
Roseau, MN 56751-0100

There are two programs you can apply for:
MN telephone assistance plan

Minnesota’s Telephone Assistance Plan (TAP) offers a monthly credit of $10 on your landline telephone service plan. You may receive the TAP credit on one landline per household.

Telephone assistance plan (TAP) application
Federal Lifeline program

Federal Lifeline Program offers a monthly discount of $5.25 on some landline and wireless telephone service plans. Lifeline also offers discounts of $9.25 on some broadband internet service plans. You may receive the Lifeline discount on one service per household. The definition of a “household” is anyone living at an address including children, relatives, people not related to you, etc. who share income(s) and household expenses.

lifeline program applicationlifeline household worksheet