Free Government Phone Programs Available in All Massachusetts Cities
Government phone assistance programs are available to eligible residents in all 541 cities throughout Massachusetts. Whether you live in a major metropolitan area or a small rural community, federal programs like Lifeline and ACP (Affordable Connectivity Program) provide essential communication services to qualifying households.
These programs ensure that all Americans have access to phone and internet services, regardless of their location or financial situation. Benefits include monthly service discounts, free smartphones, unlimited talk and text, and data allowances. The exact benefits and available providers may vary by city, but the core programs are available statewide.
To qualify for free government phone service in Massachusetts, your household income must be at or below 135-200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines, or you must participate in qualifying government assistance programs such as SNAP, Medicaid, SSI, Federal Public Housing Assistance, or the Veterans Pension program. Many college students also qualify through Federal Pell Grant eligibility.
The application process is simple and can be completed online in just a few minutes. Most applicants receive instant approval, especially those qualifying through program participation. Once approved, benefits are applied directly to your monthly service bill, reducing or eliminating your communication costs. You can combine Lifeline and ACP benefits for maximum savings.
Below, you'll find a complete alphabetical listing of all cities in Massachusetts where government phone programs are available. Click on any city name to learn more about programs, providers, and eligibility requirements specific to that location. You can also check your eligibility or compare providers to find the best option for your needs.
Cities Starting with A
27 cities with government phone programs
Abington
15,985 residents
Abington (CDP)
17,003 residents
Acton
20,897 residents
Acushnet
10,850 residents
Acushnet Center
2,792 residents
Adams
5,515 residents
Adams (CDP)
5,722 residents
Agawam Town
28,606 residents
Alford
406 residents
Amesbury
0Amherst Town
33,389 residents
Andover
8,762 residents
Andover (CDP)
9,419 residents
Aquinnah
0Arlington
0Arlington (CDP)
45,906 residents
Ashburnham
5,643 residents
Ashby
2,895 residents
Ashfield
1,831 residents
Ashland
15,802 residents
Athol
8,265 residents
Athol (CDP)
9,148 residents
Attleboro
46,499 residents
Auburn
16,724 residents
Avon
4,521 residents
Ayer
2,868 residents
Ayer (CDP)
2,969 residents
Cities Starting with B
43 cities with government phone programs
Baldwinville
2,454 residents
Barnstable Town
48,922 residents
Barre
1,009 residents
Barre (CDP)
594 residents
Becket
1,786 residents
Bedford
12,502 residents
Belchertown
2,899 residents
Belchertown (CDP)
2,648 residents
Bellingham
4,854 residents
Bellingham (CDP)
4,636 residents
Belmont
24,729 residents
Belmont (CDP)
26,997 residents
Berkley
5,849 residents
Berlin
2,422 residents
Bernardston
2,193 residents
Beverly
42,408 residents
Billerica
0Blackstone
9,163 residents
Blandford
393 residents
Blandford (CDP)
349 residents
Bliss Corner
5,666 residents
Bolton
4,220 residents
Boston
4,355,184 residents
Bourne
1,418 residents
Bourne (CDP)
1,782 residents
Boxborough
4,996 residents
Boxford
2,339 residents
Boxford (CDP)
2,714 residents
Boylston
4,078 residents
Braintree Town
38,748 residents
Brewster
2,000 residents
Brewster (CDP)
1,739 residents
Bridgewater Town
28,531 residents
Brimfield
3,397 residents
Brockton
105,080 residents
Brookfield
833 residents
Brookfield (CDP)
948 residents
Brookline
0Brookline (CDP)
62,698 residents
Buckland
2,026 residents
Burlington
24,498 residents
Burlington (CDP)
26,169 residents
Buzzards Bay
2,941 residents
Cities Starting with C
28 cities with government phone programs
Cambridge
117,794 residents
Canton
21,679 residents
Carlisle
4,799 residents
Carver
11,718 residents
Cedar Crest
2,289 residents
Charlemont
1,382 residents
Charlton
12,764 residents
Chatham
1,421 residents
Chatham (CDP)
1,637 residents
Chelmsford
36,046 residents
Chelsea
39,460 residents
Cheshire
514 residents
Cheshire (CDP)
547 residents
Chester
627 residents
Chester (CDP)
795 residents
Chesterfield
1,222 residents
Chicopee
55,213 residents
Chilmark
858 residents
Clarksburg
1,658 residents
Clinton
7,389 residents
Clinton (CDP)
7,361 residents
Cochituate
6,688 residents
Cohasset
7,388 residents
Colrain
1,845 residents
Concord
16,810 residents
Conway
1,841 residents
Cordaville
3,076 residents
Cummington
995 residents
Cities Starting with D
21 cities with government phone programs
Dalton
7,012 residents
Danvers
26,493 residents
Danvers (CDP)
27,910 residents
Dartmouth
33,330 residents
Dedham
24,729 residents
Dedham (CDP)
25,150 residents
Deerfield
643 residents
Deerfield (CDP)
486 residents
Dennis
14,905 residents
Dennis (CDP)
1,898 residents
Dennis Port
3,439 residents
Devens
1,871 residents
Dighton
6,283 residents
Douglas
7,168 residents
Dover
2,265 residents
Dover (CDP)
2,512 residents
Dracut
32,281 residents
Dudley
11,165 residents
Dunstable
2,878 residents
Duxbury
15,059 residents
Duxbury (CDP)
1,761 residents
Cities Starting with E
20 cities with government phone programs
East Bridgewater
14,021 residents
East Brookfield
1,323 residents
East Brookfield (CDP)
1,345 residents
East Dennis
3,685 residents
East Douglas
2,842 residents
East Falmouth
6,415 residents
East Harwich
5,670 residents
East Longmeadow
15,102 residents
East Pepperell
1,984 residents
East Sandwich
3,597 residents
Eastham
5,548 residents
Easthampton
0Easton
23,459 residents
Edgartown
4,306 residents
Edgartown (CDP)
610 residents
Egremont
1,376 residents
Erving
1,493 residents
Essex
1,471 residents
Essex (CDP)
1,880 residents
Everett
49,236 residents
Cities Starting with F
13 cities with government phone programs
Fairhaven
16,453 residents
Fall River
93,764 residents
Falmouth
3,799 residents
Falmouth (CDP)
3,883 residents
Fiskdale
2,564 residents
Fitchburg
41,633 residents
Florida
688 residents
Forestdale
3,716 residents
Foxborough
5,625 residents
Foxborough (CDP)
6,312 residents
Framingham
72,013 residents
Franklin Town
32,785 residents
Freetown
8,472 residents
Cities Starting with G
17 cities with government phone programs
Gardner
21,075 residents
Georgetown
8,435 residents
Gill
1,387 residents
Gloucester
29,862 residents
Goshen
937 residents
Gosnold
69 residents
Grafton
16,583 residents
Granby
1,368 residents
Granby (CDP)
1,176 residents
Granville
1,548 residents
Great Barrington
7,172 residents
Great Barrington (CDP)
1,890 residents
Green Harbor
1,254 residents
Greenfield
17,677 residents
Groton
1,124 residents
Groton (CDP)
1,472 residents
Groveland
6,143 residents
Cities Starting with H
41 cities with government phone programs
Hadley
4,877 residents
Halifax
7,631 residents
Hamilton
7,554 residents
Hampden
5,261 residents
Hancock
734 residents
Hanover
16,906 residents
Hanscom AFB
1,745 residents
Hanson
10,209 residents
Hanson (CDP)
2,087 residents
Hardwick
2,668 residents
Harvard
6,085 residents
Harwich
13,059 residents
Harwich Center
1,620 residents
Harwich Port
2,011 residents
Hatfield
1,318 residents
Hatfield (CDP)
1,331 residents
Haverhill
67,387 residents
Hawley
342 residents
Heath
819 residents
Hingham
5,650 residents
Hingham (CDP)
5,606 residents
Hinsdale
1,905 residents
Holbrook
10,791 residents
Holbrook (CDP)
11,338 residents
Holden
17,016 residents
Holland
1,464 residents
Holland (CDP)
1,452 residents
Holliston
14,010 residents
Holyoke
37,949 residents
Hopedale
3,753 residents
Hopedale (CDP)
4,137 residents
Hopkinton
2,550 residents
Hopkinton (CDP)
3,298 residents
Housatonic
1,054 residents
Hubbardston
3,977 residents
Hudson
14,907 residents
Hudson (CDP)
15,496 residents
Hull
10,293 residents
Hull (CDP)
10,116 residents
Huntington
936 residents
Huntington (CDP)
865 residents
Cities Starting with I
2 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with K
2 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with L
27 cities with government phone programs
Lakeville
11,769 residents
Lancaster
7,509 residents
Lanesborough
3,042 residents
Lawrence
88,297 residents
Lee
2,051 residents
Lee (CDP)
1,507 residents
Leicester
11,064 residents
Lenox
1,675 residents
Lenox (CDP)
1,999 residents
Lenox Dale
165 residents
Leominster
113,462 residents
Leverett
1,692 residents
Lexington
33,965 residents
Lexington (CDP)
34,221 residents
Leyden
785 residents
Lincoln
8,197 residents
Littleton
10,116 residents
Littleton Common
2,838 residents
Longmeadow
15,784 residents
Longmeadow (CDP)
15,789 residents
Lowell
114,799 residents
Ludlow
22,201 residents
Lunenburg
1,760 residents
Lunenburg (CDP)
2,149 residents
Lynn
100,905 residents
Lynnfield
11,596 residents
Lynnfield (CDP)
12,925 residents
Cities Starting with M
49 cities with government phone programs
Madaket
378 residents
Malden
65,509 residents
Manchester-by-the-Sea
5,366 residents
Mansfield
23,380 residents
Mansfield Center
7,232 residents
Marblehead
19,808 residents
Marblehead (CDP)
20,350 residents
Marion
5,213 residents
Marion Center
1,159 residents
Marlborough
41,398 residents
Marshfield
4,335 residents
Marshfield (CDP)
4,868 residents
Marshfield Hills
2,121 residents
Mashpee
14,834 residents
Mashpee Neck
1,071 residents
Mattapoisett
6,378 residents
Mattapoisett Center
2,573 residents
Maynard
10,106 residents
Maynard (CDP)
10,671 residents
Medfield
6,483 residents
Medfield (CDP)
6,318 residents
Medford
59,062 residents
Medway
13,042 residents
Melrose
29,488 residents
Mendon
5,378 residents
Merrimac
6,245 residents
Methuen
0Middleborough
23,116 residents
Middleborough Center
8,064 residents
Middlefield
551 residents
Middleton
9,859 residents
Milford
25,055 residents
Milford (CDP)
27,569 residents
Millbury
13,606 residents
Millers Falls
1,081 residents
Millis
8,040 residents
Millis-Clicquot
4,479 residents
Millville
2,772 residents
Milton
28,490 residents
Milton (CDP)
28,450 residents
Monomoscoy Island
112 residents
Monroe
116 residents
Monson
8,505 residents
Monson Center
1,794 residents
Montague
8,637 residents
Monterey
950 residents
Montgomery
665 residents
Monument Beach
3,067 residents
Mount Washington
160 residents
Cities Starting with N
43 cities with government phone programs
Nahant
3,410 residents
Nahant (CDP)
3,336 residents
Nantucket
7,446 residents
Nantucket (CDP)
10,479 residents
Natick
36,521 residents
Needham
32,081 residents
Needham (CDP)
31,957 residents
New Ashford
251 residents
New Bedford
152,104 residents
New Braintree
943 residents
New Marlborough
1,520 residents
New Salem
945 residents
New Seabury
824 residents
Newbury
6,716 residents
Newburyport
18,444 residents
Newton
88,504 residents
Norfolk
10,386 residents
North Adams
12,660 residents
North Andover
30,708 residents
North Attleborough Town
30,908 residents
North Brookfield
2,265 residents
North Brookfield (CDP)
2,437 residents
North Eastham
1,958 residents
North Falmouth
2,558 residents
North Lakeville
3,602 residents
North Pembroke
3,924 residents
North Plymouth
4,458 residents
North Reading
14,101 residents
North Scituate
6,163 residents
North Seekonk
2,903 residents
North Westport
4,995 residents
Northampton
28,640 residents
Northborough
6,167 residents
Northborough (CDP)
6,677 residents
Northbridge
14,061 residents
Northfield
1,089 residents
Northfield (CDP)
908 residents
Northwest Harwich
4,205 residents
Norton
19,808 residents
Norton Center
2,526 residents
Norwell
10,581 residents
Norwood
31,400 residents
Norwood (CDP)
31,343 residents
Cities Starting with O
13 cities with government phone programs
Oak Bluffs
1,357 residents
Oak Bluffs (CDP)
1,521 residents
Oakham
1,702 residents
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
4,637 residents
Ocean Grove
3,099 residents
Onset
1,561 residents
Orange
4,018 residents
Orange (CDP)
3,731 residents
Orleans
1,621 residents
Orleans (CDP)
1,665 residents
Otis
1,389 residents
Oxford
13,348 residents
Oxford (CDP)
5,410 residents
Cities Starting with P
24 cities with government phone programs
Palmer Town
12,385 residents
Paxton
4,463 residents
Peabody
54,180 residents
Pelham
1,428 residents
Pembroke
18,434 residents
Pepperell
2,504 residents
Pepperell (CDP)
2,205 residents
Peru
835 residents
Petersham
243 residents
Petersham (CDP)
275 residents
Phillipston
1,649 residents
Pinehurst
6,737 residents
Pittsfield
43,559 residents
Plainfield
634 residents
Plainville
9,905 residents
Plymouth
7,494 residents
Plymouth (CDP)
7,649 residents
Plympton
2,683 residents
Pocasset
2,375 residents
Popponesset
501 residents
Popponesset Island
72 residents
Princeton
3,412 residents
Provincetown
2,642 residents
Provincetown (CDP)
3,433 residents
Cities Starting with Q
1 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with R
20 cities with government phone programs
Randolph Town
34,711 residents
Raynham
13,153 residents
Raynham Center
4,871 residents
Reading
24,747 residents
Reading (CDP)
25,415 residents
Rehoboth
11,486 residents
Revere
59,933 residents
Richmond
1,632 residents
Rochester
4,661 residents
Rockland
17,982 residents
Rockport
4,966 residents
Rockport (CDP)
4,943 residents
Rowe
357 residents
Rowley
1,416 residents
Rowley (CDP)
1,642 residents
Royalston
1,276 residents
Russell
786 residents
Russell (CDP)
573 residents
Rutland
2,111 residents
Rutland (CDP)
1,690 residents
Cities Starting with S
58 cities with government phone programs
Sagamore
3,958 residents
Salem
44,241 residents
Salisbury
4,869 residents
Salisbury (CDP)
5,269 residents
Sandisfield
838 residents
Sandwich
2,962 residents
Sandwich (CDP)
2,948 residents
Saugus
26,628 residents
Saugus (CDP)
28,566 residents
Savoy
717 residents
Scituate
5,245 residents
Scituate (CDP)
5,442 residents
Seabrook
545 residents
Seconsett Island
138 residents
Seekonk
13,966 residents
Sharon
5,658 residents
Sharon (CDP)
5,983 residents
Sheffield
3,393 residents
Shelburne
2,094 residents
Shelburne Falls
1,755 residents
Sherborn
4,273 residents
Shirley
1,441 residents
Shirley (CDP)
1,359 residents
Shrewsbury
38,348 residents
Shutesbury
1,842 residents
Siasconset
191 residents
Smith Mills
4,467 residents
Somerset
18,165 residents
Somerset (CDP)
18,266 residents
Somerville
80,549 residents
South Ashburnham
1,174 residents
South Deerfield
1,822 residents
South Dennis
3,190 residents
South Duxbury
3,272 residents
South Hadley
17,652 residents
South Lancaster
1,991 residents
South Yarmouth
11,642 residents
Southampton
5,481 residents
Southborough
9,686 residents
Southbridge Town
17,835 residents
Southwick
9,444 residents
Spencer
5,700 residents
Spencer (CDP)
5,637 residents
Springfield
438,889 residents
Sterling
7,384 residents
Stockbridge
2,316 residents
Stoneham
21,437 residents
Stoneham (CDP)
22,992 residents
Stoughton
29,137 residents
Stow
6,005 residents
Sturbridge
2,253 residents
Sturbridge (CDP)
2,222 residents
Sudbury
17,343 residents
Sunderland
3,659 residents
Sutton
9,215 residents
Swampscott
13,787 residents
Swampscott (CDP)
15,125 residents
Swansea
16,525 residents
Cities Starting with T
15 cities with government phone programs
Taunton
59,719 residents
Teaticket
1,728 residents
Templeton
6,918 residents
Tewksbury
31,025 residents
The Pinehills
4,988 residents
Tisbury
4,936 residents
Tolland
466 residents
Topsfield
2,717 residents
Topsfield (CDP)
2,799 residents
Townsend
1,128 residents
Townsend (CDP)
1,131 residents
Truro
2,123 residents
Turners Falls
3,949 residents
Tyngsborough
12,468 residents
Tyringham
356 residents
Cities Starting with U
3 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with V
1 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with W
71 cities with government phone programs
Wakefield
24,932 residents
Wakefield (CDP)
27,054 residents
Wales
1,767 residents
Walpole
5,918 residents
Walpole (CDP)
6,373 residents
Waltham
64,723 residents
Ware
6,170 residents
Ware (CDP)
6,253 residents
Wareham
23,319 residents
Wareham Center
2,737 residents
Warren
1,405 residents
Warren (CDP)
567 residents
Warwick
763 residents
Washington
554 residents
Watertown
0Wayland
13,155 residents
Webster
11,412 residents
Webster (CDP)
12,264 residents
Wellesley
30,491 residents
Wellesley (CDP)
29,862 residents
Wellfleet
2,797 residents
Wendell
1,003 residents
Wenham
4,518 residents
West Boylston
7,612 residents
West Bridgewater
6,750 residents
West Brookfield
1,413 residents
West Brookfield (CDP)
1,532 residents
West Chatham
1,337 residents
West Concord
5,997 residents
West Dennis
2,586 residents
West Falmouth
1,655 residents
West Newbury
4,221 residents
West Springfield Town
28,663 residents
West Stockbridge
1,441 residents
West Tisbury
2,510 residents
West Wareham
2,776 residents
West Warren
619 residents
West Yarmouth
6,323 residents
Westborough
4,045 residents
Westborough (CDP)
4,381 residents
Westfield
40,673 residents
Westford
21,587 residents
Westhampton
1,494 residents
Westminster
7,028 residents
Weston
11,682 residents
Westport
16,412 residents
Westwood
14,029 residents
Weweantic
1,384 residents
Weymouth Town
57,660 residents
Whately
1,600 residents
White Island Shores
1,880 residents
Whitinsville
7,250 residents
Whitman
14,495 residents
Wilbraham
3,915 residents
Wilbraham (CDP)
3,839 residents
Williamsburg
2,469 residents
Williamstown
4,325 residents
Williamstown (CDP)
4,498 residents
Wilmington
22,325 residents
Wilmington (CDP)
23,191 residents
Winchendon
4,213 residents
Winchendon (CDP)
4,461 residents
Winchester
21,374 residents
Winchester (CDP)
22,809 residents
Windsor
890 residents
Winthrop Town
18,641 residents
Woburn
41,205 residents
Woods Hole
999 residents
Worcester
487,014 residents
Worthington
1,191 residents
Wrentham
11,251 residents
Cities Starting with Y
2 cities with government phone programs
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