Special Needs
Lifeline
Montana & Wyoming
Montana and Wyoming customers certified by the Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services to receive medical benefits are eligible for the telephone assistance program. If you qualify, you will receive a discount each month on your telephone bill. The discount applies to either the main home telephone line or Nemont cell phone line listed in the name of the qualified customer. Please note, only one discount may be applied per eligible Lifeline customer.
North Dakota
You are eligible for Lifeline if you participate in any of the following programs:
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- Medicaid
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Food Stamps
- Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
- Temporary Assistance Program
- Head Start Programs
- National School Lunch Program (Free Lunch Program)
Link-Up
Eligible customers may receive a discount on their telephone hook-up fee with the Link-Up program.
For more information on Lifeline or Link-Up call 1-800-636-6680.
Enhanced Lifeline
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established the Enhanced Lifeline program to provide discounts on monthly charges to qualified telephone customers living within the boundaries of an Indian reservation.
Enhanced Lifeline reduces local phone service to $1.00 per month for income eligible customers living within the boundaries of an Indian reservation. The customer is responsible for any taxes, fees or additional services.
To qualify for Enhanced Lifeline, subscribers living within the boundaries of an Indian reservation must participate in one or more of the following:
- Medicaid
- Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance
- Tribally Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TTANF)
- Head Start (income-qualifying standard)
- The National School Lunch Program's Free Lunch Program (NSLP)
- Food Stamps
- Supplemental Security Income Benefits (SSI)
- Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
To apply, come in to one of our offices or call Customer Service at 1-800-636-6680 to have an eligibility form mailed to you. Or you can click on the link below to download an eligibility form.
Download Eligibility Form
No deposit is required if you voluntarily choose a long distance block. Certain restrictions apply.
Enhanced Link-Up America
Enhanced Link-Up America assists qualified, low-income customers living within the boundaries of an Indian reservation by providing a discount on telephone service connection charges. Inside wiring and jacks do not apply.
For more information on any Lifeline or Link-Up program, call Customer Service at 1-800-636-6680 or e-mail us at customerservice@nemont.coop
Telecommunications Relay Service Fund
This program provides specialized telecommunications equipment and services to the blind, deaf, hearing-and-speech-impaired and hard-of-hearing people. The equipment includes any telecommunications device that enables or assists a handicapped person to communicate with others by means of the conventional telephone network. The devices include, but are not limited to, amplifiers, signaling devices, puff-blow devices, telebraille, TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf) or TTY (teletypewriter). It also establishes and funds a third party relay system to connect handicapped people to hearing people, to public telecommunications and emergency service at no charge to the user.
- Montana Relay - Dial 711
- montanarelay.mt.gov
- Wyoming Relay
- www.wyomingworkforce.org/vr/wyrds.aspx
- North Dakota
- www.relaynorthdakota.com
For all other states please visit www.tedpa.org/interiorPage.php?pageID=1.