Free Government Phone in Michigan

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

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Who Qualifies in Michigan?

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

Income-Based Eligibility

Even without program participation, Michigan 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 Michigan

Check Eligibility

Verify you meet program or income requirements for Michigan.

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 Michigan

494 cities covered — find Lifeline info for your area

Detroit (640,000)Grand Rapids (200,000)Warren (138,336)Sterling Heights (135,000)Ann Arbor (122,216)Lansing (115,000)Dearborn (108,408)Canton (98,486)Livonia (94,325)Macomb (91,977)Westland (84,424)Farmington Hills (83,422)Flint (80,582)Shelby (79,536)Wyoming (76,837)Rochester Hills (76,107)Southfield (75,976)Kalamazoo (72,300)Waterford (70,126)Novi (66,628)West Bloomfield (65,590)Taylor (62,513)Dearborn Heights (62,394)Pontiac (62,134)St. Clair Shores (58,275)Royal Oak (57,875)Ypsilanti (Charter Township) (55,150)Georgetown (54,306)Kentwood (54,188)Battle Creek (52,469)Redford (48,818)Roseville (47,242)Chesterfield (45,461)Meridian (43,911)Saginaw (43,892)Commerce (43,205)Midland (42,482)Saginaw (Charter Township) (41,484)Grand Blanc (Charter Township) (40,043)Lincoln Park (39,663)Holland (Charter Township) (39,397)Pittsfield (39,048)Orion (38,289)Muskegon (37,245)Independence (36,652)East Lansing (34,500)Holland (34,197)Eastpointe (34,092)Delta (33,063)Brownstown (33,048)Bay City (32,664)Northville (Township) (31,508)Flint (Charter Township) (31,254)Jackson (31,196)White Lake (31,010)Van Buren (30,191)Southgate (29,603)Burton (29,564)Oak Park (29,375)Port Huron (28,794)Forest Hills (28,425)Allen Park (28,395)Madison Heights (28,279)Hamtramck (28,024)Delhi (27,721)Plymouth (Charter Township) (27,627)Byron (27,372)Garden City (26,996)Inkster (25,702)Okemos (25,549)Holt (25,374)Allendale (25,206)Romulus (25,077)Norton Shores (25,073)Wyandotte (24,643)Auburn Hills (24,593)Oshtemo (23,737)Lyon (23,659)Summit (22,842)Kalamazoo (Charter Township) (22,622)Oxford (Charter Township) (22,385)Frenchtown (21,738)Birmingham (21,738)Hamburg (21,383)Mount Pleasant (21,313)Genoa (20,755)Adrian (20,607)Davison (Township) (20,471)Genesee (20,458)Monroe (20,416)Oakland (20,113)Mount Morris (Township) (19,871)Cascade (19,711)Green Oak (19,676)Cutlerville (19,281)Brighton (Township) (19,210)Ypsilanti (19,185)Ferndale (19,151)Highland (19,119)Haslett (19,091)Grand Rapids (Charter Township) (18,941)Park (18,759)Grand Haven (Charter Township) (18,429)Trenton (18,291)Texas (18,049)Muskegon (Charter Township) (17,685)Scio (17,490)Jenison (17,314)Wixom (17,198)Milford (Charter Township) (17,046)Fenton (Charter Township) (16,992)Grosse Pointe Woods (16,252)Caledonia (Township) (16,142)Grandville (15,975)Traverse City (15,622)Mount Clemens (15,553)Spring Lake (Township) (15,436)Northview (15,428)Hartland (Township) (15,411)Brandon (15,350)DeWitt (Charter Township) (15,327)Harper Woods (15,270)Mundy (15,261)Comstock (15,171)Berkley (15,150)Hazel Park (14,922)Southfield (Township) (14,776)Fruitport (Charter Township) (14,766)Oceola (14,717)Owosso (14,659)Cannon (14,434)Monroe (Charter Township) (14,429)Niles (Township) (14,352)Coldwater (13,953)Leoni (13,817)Sault Ste. Marie (13,344)Vienna (13,222)Ionia (12,949)Rochester (12,941)Woodhaven (12,808)Melvindale (12,674)Escanaba (12,382)Lenox (12,358)Riverview (12,317)Holly (Township) (12,136)Zeeland (Charter Township) (12,059)New Baltimore (12,039)Fenton (11,995)Thomas (11,908)Niles (11,857)South Lyon (11,813)Emmett (11,696)East Bay (11,682)Farmington (11,508)Grosse Pointe Park (11,435)East Grand Rapids (11,391)Clawson (11,303)Egelston (11,216)Fort Gratiot (11,206)Sturgis (11,077)Grand Haven (11,001)Port Huron (Charter Township) (10,806)Tittabawassee (10,689)Flushing (Charter Township) (10,641)Grosse Ile (10,639)Monitor (10,627)Beverly Hills (10,550)Cooper (10,443)Flat Rock (10,439)Cadillac (10,413)Comstock Park (10,379)Alpena (10,200)Howell (10,124)Bridgeport (Charter Township) (10,032)Long Lake (10,014)Grosse Pointe Farms (10,006)Marysville (9,974)St. Joseph (Charter Township) (9,921)Jamestown (9,911)Muskegon Heights (9,905)Lambertville (9,846)Kimball (9,641)Hampton (9,609)Sumpter (9,586)Dalton (9,508)Thornapple (9,446)Sparta (Township) (9,446)Alma (9,436)Charlotte (9,261)Plymouth (9,256)Ecorse (9,191)Schoolcraft (Township) (9,172)Oronoko (9,141)Temperance (9,121)Benton Harbor (9,101)Beecher (9,085)York (9,081)Lapeer (9,075)Westwood (9,022)Courtland (9,022)Richfield (8,993)Greenville (8,931)Saline (8,914)Tallmadge (8,905)Richland (Township) (8,754)Highland Park (8,748)Pennfield (8,733)Handy (8,707)Tecumseh (8,658)Madison (8,485)Northfield (8,478)Spring Arbor (Township) (8,462)Center Line (8,459)Clay (8,440)Houghton (8,399)Menominee (8,390)Flushing (8,350)Dundee (Township) (8,226)Howell (Township) (8,175)Lansing (Charter Township) (8,077)Grand Blanc (8,028)Hillsdale (7,973)Raisin (7,938)Three Rivers (7,934)Dorr (Township) (7,924)Big Rapids (7,915)Whitmore Lake (7,911)Putnam (7,889)St. Joseph (7,799)Grand Ledge (7,791)Albion (7,732)Ludington (7,704)Hudsonville (7,692)St. Johns (7,687)Laketon (7,657)Buena Vista (Charter Township) (7,618)Hastings (7,546)Iron Mountain (7,483)Brighton (7,471)Shields (7,444)Columbia (7,403)Freeland (7,357)Walled Lake (7,247)Oscoda (Charter Township) (7,176)Leighton (7,156)Windsor (7,136)River Rouge (7,114)St. Clair (Township) (7,103)Byron Center (6,988)Fair Plain (6,882)Paw Paw (Township) (6,870)Ontwa (6,846)Marshall (6,793)Napoleon (Township) (6,765)Green Lake (6,745)St. Louis (6,708)Gaines (Township) (6,660)South Monroe (6,658)Dexter (Township) (6,632)Thetford (6,588)Webster (6,541)Solon (6,513)Eastwood (6,497)Bridgeport (6,495)Milford (6,486)Robinson (6,387)Kinross (6,361)Lodi (6,353)Pavilion (6,349)Huntington Woods (6,340)Lake Fenton (6,316)Manistee (6,307)Lowell (Charter Township) (6,294)Howard (6,292)Calumet (Charter Township) (6,291)Forsyth (6,224)Rockford (6,171)Ishpeming (6,164)Rose (6,156)Oakfield (6,153)Gun Plain (6,148)Grass Lake (Charter Township) (6,137)Peninsula (6,107)Northville (6,096)Laketown (6,052)Milan (6,030)Buena Vista (6,013)Otsego (Township) (5,976)Montrose (Charter Township) (5,974)Holly (5,972)Raisinville (5,963)Belding (5,942)Chocolay (5,942)Groveland (5,909)Petoskey (5,892)Swartz Creek (5,870)Richmond (5,840)Fruitland (5,835)Breitung (5,823)Grayling (Charter Township) (5,774)Cambridge (5,710)Carrollton (5,705)Oregon (5,705)Zeeland (5,699)Dowagiac (5,647)Watertown (5,617)Houghton Lake (5,601)Grosse Pointe (5,588)Reynolds (5,512)St. Clair (5,503)Dundee (5,445)Chelsea (5,434)Yankee Springs (5,378)Larkin (5,345)Denton (5,337)Port Sheldon (5,321)Springfield (5,287)Williamstown (5,271)Gladstone (5,246)Eaton Rapids (5,197)Frankenmuth (5,194)Salem (5,188)Utica (5,183)Allegan (5,180)Pearl Beach (5,159)Royalton (5,133)Comstock Northwest (5,131)Kingsford (5,107)Davison (5,103)Tyrone (5,066)Kalkaska (Township) (5,032)Williams (5,027)Ironwood (5,027)Coloma (Charter Township) (5,022)Paradise (5,012)Ira (4,985)Elmwood (4,964)Lapeer (Township) (4,954)Gibraltar (4,939)Michigan Center (4,906)Nelson (4,901)Kochville (4,882)Wells (4,867)Ross (4,843)Coopersville (4,843)Vergennes (4,805)Ida (Township) (4,801)DeWitt (4,798)Cheboygan (4,798)Dryden (Township) (4,796)Owosso (Charter Township) (4,778)Rives (4,754)Chesaning (Township) (4,722)Henrietta (4,681)La Salle (4,646)Crockery (4,644)Negaunee (4,643)Vandercook Lake (4,635)Manchester (Township) (4,604)Whiteford (4,604)Jerome (4,597)Somerset (4,583)Hadley (4,543)Morton (4,520)Hancock (4,511)Wolverine Lake (4,480)Dexter (4,474)Marathon (4,439)Wayland (4,434)Roscommon (Township) (4,434)Metamora (Township) (4,411)Bloomfield Hills (4,402)Mancelona (Township) (4,396)Kawkawlin (4,391)Middleville (4,349)Gaylord (4,317)Erie (4,311)Caro (4,296)Vernon (Township) (4,283)Sparta (4,276)Buchanan (4,257)Mussey (4,232)Millington (Township) (4,216)Rutland (4,192)Perry (Township) (4,173)Roosevelt Park (4,169)Algonac (4,167)Marquette (Charter Township) (4,162)Spencer (4,157)Linden (4,151)Lowell (4,149)Quincy (Township) (4,140)Shelby (Township) (4,135)Wolf Lake (4,128)North Muskegon (4,099)Otsego (4,091)Burtchville (4,081)South Haven (Charter Township) (4,066)Lathrup Village (4,059)Marine City (4,057)Manistee (Township) (4,055)Taymouth (4,048)Constantine (Township) (4,035)Ionia (Township) (4,024)Lima (3,999)Eaton (3,993)Eaton Rapids (Township) (3,987)South Haven (3,984)Oneida (3,981)Belleville (3,979)Heath (3,972)Dorr (3,952)Odessa (3,940)Exeter (3,931)Portland (Township) (3,922)Sandstone (3,916)Stockbridge (Township) (3,912)Porter (3,906)Iosco (3,893)Vassar (Township) (3,876)Portland (3,827)Grattan (3,823)Boyne City (3,821)Vicksburg (3,818)Lee (3,810)Williamston (3,794)Irving (3,785)Ray (3,771)Plainwell (3,767)Benton Heights (3,763)White Pigeon (Township) (3,763)LaGrange (3,751)Romeo (3,745)Clinton (Township) (3,743)Brooks (3,741)Lockport (3,736)Imlay City (3,713)East China (3,695)Woodhull (3,684)Leroy (3,675)Surrey (3,668)Hanover (Township) (3,662)Frankenlust (3,660)Cedar Springs (3,654)Paw Paw Lake (3,643)L'Anse (Township) (3,617)Woodstock (3,605)Vevay (3,596)Wayland (Township) (3,586)Haring (Charter Township) (3,581)Decatur (Township) (3,559)North Branch (Township) (3,556)Lyons (Township) (3,540)Richmond (Township) (3,537)Elkland (3,510)China (3,507)Escanaba (Township) (3,500)Durand (3,485)Saugatuck (Township) (3,475)Oxford (3,473)Worth (3,469)Lexington (Township) (3,467)Victor (3,459)Orangeville (3,448)Coldwater (Township) (3,431)Montcalm (3,431)Cottrellville (3,426)Buchanan (Township) (3,420)Pierson (Township) (3,415)Ishpeming (Township) (3,407)Croton (3,390)Castleton (3,377)Plainfield (3,375)Paw Paw (3,369)Level Park-Oak Park (3,364)Prairieville (3,361)Unadilla (3,349)Menominee (Township) (3,345)Essexville (3,340)Harvey (3,335)Manlius (3,333)Grant (Township) (3,333)Colon (Township) (3,324)Fabius (3,311)Kincheloe (3,290)Lawrence (Township) (3,284)Clare (3,278)Deerfield (3,276)Burns (3,275)Negaunee (Township) (3,253)Cohoctah (3,249)Cedar Creek (3,240)Littlefield (3,228)Hamlin (3,225)
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