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# Free Cell Phones, Courtesy Of Senator Kruger
- URL: https://bklyner.com/free-cell-phones-courtesy-of-senator-kruger-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2009-12-08T15:30:57.000Z
- Updated: 2009-12-08T15:30:57.000Z
- Author: Arthur Borko
- Tags: assistance, poverty, #API-Imported

It’s not sleigh-bells ringing this holiday season, but cell phones!

One of the most important things to have in the modern day is a phone. Yet with unemployment on the rise, many are finding it difficult to meet their monthly payments.

Well, as of December 14 that won’t be an issue anymore, thanks to [State Senator Carl Kruger](/tag/carl-kruger/). He’s launching The Assurance Wireless Program (TAWP) which will provide qualified applicants with 200 minutes a month of free phone time from Virgin Mobil/Sprint. Those minutes come with no strings attached. No contract, no fees. Pretty nice deal if you ask us.

Funding for the TAWP comes from the Federal Universal Service Fund, a federal program that provides telecom services to low-income residents via the Lifeline Telephone Service Program.

If you already qualify for these acronyms, SSI, LIHEAP, NSLPFLP, TANF, FPHA, then you already qualify for TAWP. If you’re not a part of these programs, don’t worry. You still qualify if you’re making within 135% of the poverty level.

For more information on this program, or to sign up, visit Senator Kruger’s office at 2201 Avenue U on December 14 between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Senator is holding a special “Assurance Wireless Communications Day” to help constituents sign up. If you can’t make it on that day, don’t worry. You can call 718-743-8610 any day, all you have to do is borrow a phone first…