Affordable Connectivity Program

The FCC announced on January 11, 2024, that ACP funding is expected to last through April 2024 unless Congress passes the bipartisan Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act to extend funding for the program. As of February 8th, the FCC enacted an enrollment freeze on the ACP application. We are currently monitoring the situation and will provide updates as the FCC releases them. We encourage you to apply for the Lifeline program, a separate, longstanding government program that provides financial assistance for telephone and internet services to qualifying households.

NATCO participates in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).

The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.

NATCO's participation in ACP provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward any of our internet services for eligible households. The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.

Who Is Eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program?

A household is eligible if a member of the household meets at least one of the criteria below:

Has an income that is at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines; or
Participates in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, Federal Public Housing Assistance, SSI, WIC, or Lifeline;
Participates in Tribal specific programs, such as Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, Tribal TANF, or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations;
Is approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced-price school lunch program or the school breakfast program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision* in the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 school year;
Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year; or
Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating provider's existing low-income program.

*Flippin Public Schools and Cotter Public Schools participated in the USDA Community Eligibility Provision for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 school years. Any student enrolled in either of these schools can qualify their household for the ACP.

Questions about qualification? Visit AffordableConnectivity.gov/do-i-qualify/.

Just 2 Steps to Enroll:

Apply for the ACP: Apply online through the National Verifier or by mail and submit all necessary documents.
Contact NATCO with your approval number: We will work with you to select an Internet service plan.

Eligible households must both apply for the program and contact a participating provider to select a service plan.

For more information about how to qualify, please visit AffordableConnectivity.gov/how-to-apply/.

Information provided by www.fcc.gov/acp and AffordableConnectivity.gov/.