Free Government Phone in Illinois

Eligible Illinois residents can receive a free smartphone with unlimited talk, text, and data through the Lifeline Program.

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Who Qualifies in Illinois?

You may qualify for a free government phone in Illinois if you participate in any of these programs:

Income-Based Eligibility

Even without program participation, Illinois residents whose household income is at or below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines may qualify. See full income limits →

What You Receive

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Free Smartphone

A working smartphone at no cost

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Unlimited Talk & Text

No limits on calls and messages

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High-Speed Data

Monthly data for apps and browsing

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Hotspot Service

Share connection with other devices

How to Apply in Illinois

Check Eligibility

Verify you meet program or income requirements for Illinois.

Submit Application

Apply online with proof of eligibility — benefit letter, EBT card, or income docs.

Get Your Phone

Your free smartphone ships within 5-10 business days. Activate and use immediately.

⚠️ Important
  • One Lifeline benefit per household
  • Annual recertification required
  • ACP ended June 2024 — Lifeline is the active program

Cities in Illinois

494 cities covered — find Lifeline info for your area

Chicago (2,704,101)Aurora (200,000)Rockford (Township) (169,204)Thornton (Township) (154,317)Wheeling (Township) (154,306)Joliet (150,627)Naperville (150,000)Worth (Township) (149,550)Downers Grove (Township) (148,593)Proviso (148,151)Rockford (147,745)Maine (137,568)Schaumburg (Township) (132,026)Milton (119,178)Lisle (Township) (118,288)Springfield (115,000)Elgin (114,036)Lyons (Township) (112,795)Palatine (Township) (112,015)Capital (111,895)Peoria (111,787)Niles (Township) (110,062)Elgin (Township) (104,213)Naperville (Township) (104,213)Hanover (98,000)Peoria City (96,685)Orland (96,597)Elk Grove (93,531)Leyden (91,491)Waukegan (Township) (89,803)Northfield (Township) (89,791)Champaign City (89,293)Champaign (89,293)Waukegan (88,732)Du Page (87,333)Joliet (Township) (85,255)Cicero (Township) (83,219)Cicero (83,219)Plainfield (Township) (82,678)Bloomington (78,788)Schaumburg (77,084)Arlington Heights (76,794)Evanston (76,586)Rich (74,508)Bolingbrook (73,755)Vernon (71,213)Decatur (70,088)Skokie (66,451)Palatine (66,436)Dundee (64,529)Wayne (Township) (63,809)Lockport (Township) (59,950)Frankfort (Township) (59,906)Des Plaines (59,422)Orland Park (57,911)Oak Lawn (57,094)Oswego (Township) (56,879)Berwyn (56,556)New Trier (56,289)Palos (55,701)Mount Prospect (55,630)Tinley Park (54,946)Libertyville (Township) (54,038)Wheaton (53,441)Oak Park (53,297)Oak Park (Township) (53,297)Normal (52,805)Normal (Township) (52,077)St. Charles (Township) (51,838)Hoffman Estates (51,419)Downers Grove (49,760)Glenview (47,781)Winfield (Township) (46,944)Decatur (Township) (46,943)McHenry (Township) (46,502)Plainfield (45,606)Elmhurst (45,485)Ela (45,361)Lombard (44,030)New Lenox (Township) (43,951)Buffalo Grove (42,934)DeKalb (Township) (42,721)Moline (42,465)Belleville (42,155)Romeoville (41,440)Bartlett (40,829)Stickney (Township) (40,639)Edwardsville (Township) (40,503)Crystal Lake (40,482)DeKalb (40,292)Lake Villa (Township) (39,649)Carol Stream (39,427)Quincy (Township) (39,108)Quincy (39,108)Park Ridge (38,796)Streamwood (38,704)Cunningham (38,652)Urbana (38,652)Nunda (38,481)Wheeling (38,472)Carpentersville (37,697)Shields (37,573)Hanover Park (36,831)Rock Island (36,589)South Moline (36,203)Addison (35,685)St. Clair (35,567)Collinsville (Township) (35,476)Oswego (35,349)Caseyville (Township) (35,235)Calumet City (35,227)Northbrook (34,560)Moraine (34,248)Woodridge (33,865)Fremont (33,385)St. Charles (33,038)Glendale Heights (32,810)O'Fallon (32,280)Elk Grove Village (32,112)Mundelein (31,586)West Deerfield (31,499)Pekin (31,471)North Chicago (30,649)Gurnee (30,549)Niles (30,228)Highland Park (30,200)Algonquin (29,888)Wood River (Township) (29,828)Galesburg (29,647)Galesburg City (29,647)Burbank (29,122)Lake in the Hills (28,976)Danville (28,801)Glen Ellyn (28,648)Lansing (28,418)Grant (28,020)Huntley (28,008)Wilmette (27,633)McHenry (27,602)New Lenox (27,518)Granite City (27,328)Pekin (Township) (27,294)Rutland (27,120)Round Lake Beach (27,099)Danville (Township) (27,063)Norwood Park (26,874)Oak Forest (26,851)Chicago Heights (26,850)Vernon Hills (26,799)Edwardsville (26,711)Batavia (26,355)O'Fallon (Township) (26,324)Geneva (Township) (26,278)Lockport (26,149)Woodstock (25,760)Alton (25,642)West Chicago (25,418)Belvidere (25,389)Granite City (Township) (24,932)Morton Grove (24,735)Homer Glen (24,551)Zion (24,521)Zion (Township) (24,521)Carbondale (Township) (24,510)Washington (Township) (24,378)Kankakee (Township) (24,268)Melrose Park (24,247)Westmont (24,201)Collinsville (24,162)South Elgin (23,964)Elmwood Park (23,960)Kankakee (23,805)Rolling Meadows (23,777)Freeport (23,655)Freeport (Township) (23,655)Crete (Township) (23,640)Wauconda (Township) (23,639)Lisle (23,477)Loves Park (23,344)Maywood (23,140)Blue Island (22,934)Machesney Park (22,790)Roselle (22,698)Yorkville (22,686)Moline (Township) (22,608)Bloomingdale (22,435)Lemont (Township) (22,421)East Peoria (22,274)Villa Park (22,007)Darien (21,804)Carbondale (21,769)Dorr (21,660)Hampton (Township) (21,546)Geneva (21,284)Park Forest (21,252)Grayslake (21,144)East Moline (21,098)South Holland (20,991)Sugar Grove (Township) (20,946)Dolton (20,927)Libertyville (20,527)Frankfort (20,518)Crest Hill (20,348)Roscoe (Township) (20,124)Centreville (19,892)Harvey (19,874)Mokena (19,870)Lake Zurich (19,701)Evergreen Park (19,496)Brookfield (19,349)Lake Forest (19,325)Charleston (Township) (19,305)Cherry Valley (Township) (19,226)Deerfield (19,088)Homewood (19,009)Alsip (18,866)Ottawa (18,816)Matteson (18,680)Sycamore (18,678)Bensenville (18,673)Round Lake (18,632)Bellwood (18,611)North Aurora (18,349)Franklin Park (18,336)Shorewood (18,277)South Rock Island (18,192)East St. Louis (18,185)East St. Louis (Township) (18,185)Calumet (18,173)Palos Hills (18,134)Bourbonnais (18,125)Hickory Point (18,009)Cary (17,865)Godfrey (17,772)Morton (Township) (17,771)Lemont (17,648)Cahokia Heights (17,622)Jacksonville (17,497)Dixon (Township) (17,407)Hinsdale (17,284)Charleston (17,251)Sterling (Township) (17,224)Morton (17,131)Campton (17,062)Bridgeview (16,939)Mattoon (16,867)Westchester (16,510)Fairview Heights (16,471)Country Club Hills (16,408)Riverside (Township) (16,278)Rockton (Township) (16,056)La Grange (15,988)Jarvis (15,869)Rock Island (Township) (15,848)Prospect Heights (15,703)Monee (Township) (15,459)Dixon (15,314)Norridge (14,983)Macomb City (14,859)Macomb (14,859)Sterling (14,752)Sycamore (Township) (14,750)Antioch (14,714)Warrenville (14,657)Mattoon (Township) (14,624)Mount Vernon (14,495)Chatham (14,467)Little Rock (14,411)Morris (14,355)Lindenhurst (14,328)Greenwood (Township) (14,227)Swansea (14,218)Centralia (Township) (14,213)Hickory Hills (14,200)Chicago Ridge (14,114)Canton (Township) (14,072)Wauconda (14,028)Forest Park (14,005)Midlothian (14,002)Beach Park (13,995)Wood Dale (13,918)Medina (13,917)Glen Carbon (13,887)Mahomet (Township) (13,866)Channahon (13,777)Newell (13,686)Western Springs (13,399)LaSalle (Township) (13,346)Lincoln (13,282)Flagg (13,229)La Grange Park (13,190)Lincolnwood (13,168)Canton (13,167)Hazel Crest (13,084)Shiloh Valley (12,832)Minooka (12,812)Northlake (12,569)Winnetka (12,504)Richton Park (12,502)Mount Vernon (Township) (12,459)Streator (12,415)Kewanee (12,382)Justice (12,351)Pontiac (Township) (12,349)Effingham (12,258)Herrin (12,258)Fondulac (12,239)Manhattan (Township) (12,215)Plano (12,196)Rantoul (12,193)Centralia (12,069)Nameoki (11,987)Palos Heights (11,793)River Forest (11,493)River Forest (Township) (11,493)Woodside (11,479)Schiller Park (11,449)Taylorville (Township) (11,435)Markham (11,408)Champaign (Township) (11,277)Cortland (Township) (11,252)Barrington (11,244)Ottawa (Township) (11,233)Manteno (Township) (11,182)Pontiac (11,161)Burr Ridge (11,131)Waterloo (11,080)Troy (11,041)Columbia (10,993)Fox Lake (10,942)Na-Au-Say (10,929)Roscoe (10,906)Summit (10,898)Gages Lake (10,897)Campton Hills (10,862)Pingree Grove (10,751)Worth (10,730)Channahon (Township) (10,694)Crestwood (10,603)Lyons (10,574)River Grove (10,553)Coloma (10,507)Rantoul (Township) (10,447)Long Creek (Township) (10,434)Riverdale (10,420)Wood River (10,408)Taylorville (10,382)Winfield (10,142)Peru (Township) (10,115)Manhattan (10,041)Olney (Township) (9,950)Jersey (9,934)Peru (9,884)Harrisburg (Township) (9,847)Monmouth (Township) (9,799)Sauk Village (9,715)Kewanee (Township) (9,697)Mahomet (9,656)Boulder Hill (9,547)LaSalle (9,526)Flossmoor (9,483)Harvard (9,467)Steger (9,464)Itasca (9,447)Murphysboro (Township) (9,397)Rochelle (9,373)Frankfort Square (9,367)Mascoutah (Township) (9,349)Robinson (Township) (9,287)Bethalto (9,281)Sugar Grove (9,248)Plato (9,218)Hawthorn Woods (9,218)Fort Russell (9,194)Manteno (9,179)Willowbrook (9,138)Stookey (9,117)Princeton (Township) (9,095)Chemung (Township) (9,090)Paris (Township) (9,047)Hampshire (Township) (9,027)Salem (Township) (9,003)Lynwood (8,998)Kendall (8,937)Savoy (8,893)Harwood Heights (8,857)Monmouth (8,771)Rock Falls (8,723)Glencoe (8,707)Lake Villa (8,702)Mascoutah (8,688)Olney (8,671)Clarendon Hills (8,641)Glenwood (8,474)Chatham (Township) (8,440)Crete (8,411)Gilberts (8,376)South Ottawa (8,341)Clear Lake (8,335)Long Grove (8,327)Hall (8,314)Helvetia (8,297)Jerseyville (8,295)Maryville (8,275)Kickapoo (8,206)Chillicothe (Township) (8,161)Paris (8,157)Hillside (8,124)Oak Brook (8,096)Harrisburg (8,066)Island Lake (8,026)Lincolnshire (7,958)Broadview (7,957)Silvis (7,955)South Beloit (7,938)Central (7,934)Canteen (7,933)Park City (7,881)West Dundee (7,821)Rockton (7,815)Hampshire (7,778)East Lincoln (7,765)Princeton (7,735)Round Lake Park (7,688)Marengo (7,581)Geneseo (Township) (7,517)Sandwich (Township) (7,504)Chouteau (7,487)Urbana (Township) (7,482)Inverness (7,448)Vandalia (7,436)West Lincoln (7,408)Northville (7,339)Georgetown (Township) (7,309)Clintonia (7,282)Caledonia (Township) (7,257)North Riverside (7,254)Marengo (Township) (7,237)West Frankfort (7,215)Sandwich (7,204)Morris (Township) (7,197)Robinson (7,143)Mount Zion (Township) (7,138)Mendota (Township) (7,124)University Park (7,094)Murphysboro (7,038)Greenville (7,028)Mendota (7,009)Benton (6,999)Stickney (6,965)Hillsboro (Township) (6,920)Mount Carmel (6,913)Reed (6,878)Saline (6,866)Sugar Loaf (6,858)Calumet Park (6,857)Newport (6,795)Richmond (Township) (6,772)Orland Hills (6,739)Litchfield (6,729)Seward (6,718)Colona (Township) (6,675)Millstadt (Township) (6,671)Winthrop Harbor (6,665)Sugar Creek (6,662)Geneseo (6,509)Saratoga (6,462)Looking Glass (6,432)Byron (Township) (6,416)Carlinville (Township) (6,413)Johnsburg (6,376)Sullivan (Township) (6,315)Vandalia (Township) (6,312)Volo (6,307)Elburn (6,297)Countryside (6,289)Tolono (Township) (6,251)Lakemoor (6,240)Carmi (Township) (6,237)Lawrence (6,215)Braidwood (6,160)Monticello (Township) (6,153)Harter (6,087)Chillicothe (6,049)Monticello (6,000)Mount Zion (5,967)Pana (Township) (5,958)Bartonville (5,952)Wilmington (Township) (5,927)Metropolis (5,892)Beardstown (5,884)Du Quoin (5,853)Fancy Creek (5,844)Pontoon Beach (5,841)
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