Free Government Phone Programs Available in All Nebraska Cities
Government phone assistance programs are available to eligible residents in all 837 cities throughout Nebraska. 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 Nebraska, 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 Nebraska 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
44 cities with government phone programs
Abie
61 residents
Adams
513 residents
Adams (Township)
0Addison
0Agnew
0Ainsworth
1,632 residents
Albion
1,733 residents
Alda
585 residents
Alexandria
77 residents
Alexis
0Algernon
0Allen
447 residents
Alliance
8,089 residents
Alma
1,176 residents
Alvo
129 residents
Ames
0Amherst
273 residents
Anderson
0Anoka
42 residents
Anselmo
90 residents
Ansley
605 residents
Ansley (Township)
0Antelope
0Arapahoe
1,010 residents
Arcadia
347 residents
Arcadia (Township)
0Archer
48 residents
Arlington
1,437 residents
Arnold
887 residents
Arnold (Township)
0Arthur
99 residents
Ash Grove
0Ashland
3,083 residents
Ashland (Township)
0Ashton
213 residents
Aten
85 residents
Atkinson
1,433 residents
Atkinson (Township)
0Atlanta
117 residents
Auburn
3,468 residents
Aurora
4,665 residents
Avoca
186 residents
Axtell
744 residents
Ayr
116 residents
Cities Starting with B
85 cities with government phone programs
Bancroft
590 residents
Bancroft (Township)
0Barada
28 residents
Barneston
107 residents
Barneston (Township)
0Bartlett
162 residents
Bartley
396 residents
Basin
0Bassett
622 residents
Battle Creek
1,478 residents
Bayard
1,509 residents
Bazile Mills
11 residents
Beacon View
49 residents
Beatrice
12,233 residents
Beaver
0Beaver City
494 residents
Beaver Crossing
324 residents
Beaver Lake
2,198 residents
Bee
281 residents
Beemer
772 residents
Beemer (Township)
0Belden
114 residents
Belgrade
211 residents
Bell Creek
0Belle
0Belle Prairie
0Bellevue
64,355 residents
Bellwood
460 residents
Belmar
113 residents
Belvidere
40 residents
Benedict
330 residents
Benkelman
946 residents
Bennet
1,174 residents
Bennett
0Bennington
2,417 residents
Berea
13 residents
Bertrand
684 residents
Berwyn
68 residents
Berwyn (Township)
0Big Springs
479 residents
Bismark
0Blackbird
0Bladen
174 residents
Blaine
0Blair
7,868 residents
Blakely
0Bloomfield
870 residents
Bloomington
97 residents
Blue Hill
794 residents
Blue Springs
232 residents
Blue Springs-Wymore
0Bohemia
0Bone Creek
0Bow Valley
108 residents
Boys Town
763 residents
Bradshaw
377 residents
Brady
456 residents
Brainard
279 residents
Brewster
38 residents
Bridgeport
1,403 residents
Bristow
58 residents
Bristow (Township)
0Broadwater
118 residents
Brock
116 residents
Broken Bow
3,524 residents
Broken Bow (Township)
0Brownlee
6 residents
Brownville
137 residents
Brule
287 residents
Bruning
267 residents
Bruno
100 residents
Brunswick
160 residents
Bryan
0Buccaneer Bay
1,361 residents
Burchard
125 residents
Burr
43 residents
Burrows
0Burton
0Burwell
1,020 residents
Bush
0Bushnell
177 residents
Butler
0Butte
357 residents
Butte (Township)
0Byron
81 residents
Cities Starting with C
75 cities with government phone programs
Cairo
1,117 residents
Callaway
608 residents
Cambridge
1,036 residents
Campbell
271 residents
Carleton
180 residents
Carroll
289 residents
Cedar
0Cedar Bluffs
760 residents
Cedar Creek
415 residents
Cedar Rapids
484 residents
Center
210 residents
Central
0Central City
3,039 residents
Ceresco
1,355 residents
Chadron
5,207 residents
Chalco
10,625 residents
Chambers
418 residents
Chambers (Township)
0Champion
13 residents
Chapman
325 residents
Chapman (Township)
0Chappell
843 residents
Chelsea
0Cheney
174 residents
Chester
274 residents
Clark
0Clarks
337 residents
Clarkson
609 residents
Clarksville
0Clatonia
311 residents
Clatonia (Township)
0Clay Center
750 residents
Clear Creek
0Clearwater
240 residents
Cleveland
0Cliff
0Clinton
73 residents
Cody
180 residents
Coleman
0Coleridge
531 residents
Colon
134 residents
Columbia
117 residents
Columbus
24,188 residents
Columbus (Township)
3,297 residents
Comstock
77 residents
Comstock (Township)
130 residents
Concord
166 residents
Concord (Township)
325 residents
Conley
57 residents
Cook
361 residents
Cordova
116 residents
Corner
21 residents
Cornlea
40 residents
Cortland
629 residents
Cotesfield
24 residents
Cotterell
336 residents
Cottonwood
63 residents
Council Creek
85 residents
Cowles
3 residents
Cozad
3,944 residents
Crab Orchard
23 residents
Craig
139 residents
Crawford
957 residents
Creighton
1,199 residents
Creighton (Township)
202 residents
Creston
149 residents
Creston (Township)
368 residents
Crete
7,521 residents
Crofton
920 residents
Crookston
46 residents
Culbertson
635 residents
Cuming
195 residents
Curtis
761 residents
Cushing
96 residents
Custer
90 residents
Cities Starting with D
34 cities with government phone programs
Daily
51 residents
Dakota City
2,980 residents
Dalton
470 residents
Danbury
69 residents
Dannebrog
213 residents
Davenport
299 residents
Davey
124 residents
David City
3,013 residents
Dawes
290 residents
Dawson
193 residents
Daykin
172 residents
De Witt
426 residents
Decatur
552 residents
Delight
709 residents
Deloit
105 residents
Denton
147 residents
Deshler
772 residents
Deweese
31 residents
Diller
183 residents
Dix
268 residents
Dixon
66 residents
Dodge
448 residents
Dolphin
130 residents
Doniphan
910 residents
Dorchester
622 residents
Douglas
261 residents
Douglas Grove
77 residents
Dowling
107 residents
Du Bois
156 residents
Dunbar
246 residents
Duncan
650 residents
Dunning
65 residents
Dustin
19 residents
Dwight
233 residents
Cities Starting with E
36 cities with government phone programs
Eagle
1,089 residents
East Bloomington
245 residents
East Custer
32 residents
East Newman
84 residents
Eastern
257 residents
Eddyville
104 residents
Edgar
591 residents
Edgar (Township)
496 residents
Edison
167 residents
Elba
181 residents
Eldorado
96 residents
Elgin
620 residents
Elim
109 residents
Elk
291 residents
Elk Creek
129 residents
Elkhorn
8,251 residents
Elm
139 residents
Elm Creek
1,146 residents
Elmwood
765 residents
Elsie
133 residents
Elwood
535 residents
Elyria
34 residents
Emerald
5 residents
Emerson
912 residents
Emerson (Township)
479 residents
Emmet
17 residents
Emmet (Township)
138 residents
Enders
0Endicott
165 residents
Ericson
114 residents
Eustis
427 residents
Everett
956 residents
Ewing
386 residents
Ewing (Township)
412 residents
Exeter
505 residents
Exeter-Fairmont Consolidated
1,276 residents
Cities Starting with F
24 cities with government phone programs
Fairbury
3,905 residents
Fairfield
339 residents
Fairfield (Township)
512 residents
Fairmont
584 residents
Fairview
36 residents
Falls City
4,099 residents
Farnam
169 residents
Farwell
71 residents
Filley
92 residents
Filley (Township)
290 residents
Firth
517 residents
Flournoy
262 residents
Fontanelle
61 residents
Fordyce
234 residents
Fort Calhoun
1,246 residents
Foster
32 residents
Francis
24 residents
Frankfort
89 residents
Franklin
908 residents
Fremont
27,321 residents
Friend
1,085 residents
Fullerton
1,463 residents
Fullerton (Township)
122 residents
Funk
212 residents
Cities Starting with G
36 cities with government phone programs
Galena
242 residents
Gandy
20 residents
Garfield
187 residents
Garland
228 residents
Garrison
43 residents
Geneva
2,214 residents
Genoa
788 residents
Genoa (Township)
232 residents
Gering
8,567 residents
Gibbon
1,643 residents
Gilead
25 residents
Giltner
491 residents
Glengary
342 residents
Glenvil
356 residents
Glenvil (Township)
388 residents
Glenwood
663 residents
Goehner
225 residents
Golden
101 residents
Gordon
1,646 residents
Gothenburg
3,436 residents
Grafton
146 residents
Grafton (Township)
225 residents
Grand Island
52,761 residents
Grand Prairie
330 residents
Grant
1,392 residents
Granville
945 residents
Grattan
828 residents
Greeley Center
434 residents
Green
265 residents
Green Valley
71 residents
Greenwood
511 residents
Gresham
257 residents
Gretna
9,117 residents
Gross
16 residents
Guide Rock
295 residents
Gurley
253 residents
Cities Starting with H
54 cities with government phone programs
Hadar
320 residents
Haigler
162 residents
Hallam
292 residents
Halsey
41 residents
Hamilton
95 residents
Hamlet
17 residents
Hampton
493 residents
Hanover
220 residents
Harbine
67 residents
Hardy
157 residents
Harrisburg
78 residents
Harrison
196 residents
Hartington
1,736 residents
Harvard
1,001 residents
Harvard (Township)
1,066 residents
Hastings
25,005 residents
Hay Springs
659 residents
Hayes
30 residents
Hayes Center
258 residents
Hazard
72 residents
Heartwell
91 residents
Hebron
1,641 residents
Hemingford
744 residents
Henderson
918 residents
Hendley
25 residents
Henry
77 residents
Herman
355 residents
Herrick
91 residents
Hershey
671 residents
Hickman
2,834 residents
Highland
929 residents
Hildreth
444 residents
Hill
763 residents
Holbrook
269 residents
Holdrege
5,503 residents
Holmesville
73 residents
Holstein
161 residents
Holt
459 residents
Holt Creek
24 residents
Homer
392 residents
Hooker
182 residents
Hooper
1,078 residents
Hooper (Township)
1,116 residents
Hordville
201 residents
Hoskins
272 residents
Howard City (Boelus)
180 residents
Howells
602 residents
Hubbard
188 residents
Hubbell
61 residents
Humboldt
780 residents
Humphrey
701 residents
Humphrey (Township)
480 residents
Huntley
67 residents
Hyannis
153 residents
Cities Starting with I
11 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with J
9 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with K
9 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with L
48 cities with government phone programs
La Platte
35 residents
La Vista
16,594 residents
Lake
56 residents
Lake Waconda
161 residents
Lakeview
446 residents
Lamar
7 residents
Laurel
947 residents
Lawrence
217 residents
Lebanon
39 residents
Leicester
307 residents
Leigh
451 residents
Lemoyne
57 residents
Leshara
143 residents
Leshara (Township)
582 residents
Lewellen
198 residents
Lewis
124 residents
Lewiston
40 residents
Lexington
10,693 residents
Liberty
50 residents
Liberty (Township)
199 residents
Lillian
128 residents
Lincoln
293,055 residents
Lindsay
298 residents
Lindy
11 residents
Linoma Beach
36 residents
Linwood
110 residents
Linwood (Township)
217 residents
Lisco
16 residents
Litchfield
287 residents
Lodgepole
221 residents
Logan
243 residents
Lone Tree
90 residents
Long Pine
347 residents
Loomis
341 residents
Lorenzo
12 residents
Loretto
119 residents
Lorton
56 residents
Lost Creek
503 residents
Louisville
1,393 residents
Loup
111 residents
Loup City
988 residents
Loup Ferry
73 residents
Lushton
28 residents
Lyman
366 residents
Lynch
161 residents
Lynch (Township)
235 residents
Lynn
67 residents
Lyons
751 residents
Cities Starting with M
59 cities with government phone programs
Macon
73 residents
Macy
795 residents
Madison
2,074 residents
Madrid
253 residents
Magnet
63 residents
Malcolm
428 residents
Malmo
121 residents
Manley
205 residents
Maple
320 residents
Marble
465 residents
Marietta
935 residents
Marion
112 residents
Mariposa
389 residents
Marquette
257 residents
Marshall
52 residents
Martell
124 residents
Martin
86 residents
Martinsburg
87 residents
Maskell
58 residents
Mason City
175 residents
Max
18 residents
Maxwell
230 residents
Maywood
248 residents
McClure
47 residents
McCook
7,360 residents
McCool Junction
740 residents
McCulley
96 residents
McGrew
77 residents
McLean
97 residents
Mead
600 residents
Meadow Grove
207 residents
Melbeta
149 residents
Melia
43 residents
Memphis
115 residents
Merna
380 residents
Merriman
90 residents
Merry
65 residents
Midland
367 residents
Milburn
63 residents
Milford
2,656 residents
Miller
135 residents
Milligan
284 residents
Minatare
731 residents
Minden
3,020 residents
Mitchell
1,804 residents
Momence
66 residents
Monowi
1 residents
Monroe
248 residents
Monroe (Township)
123 residents
Monterey
191 residents
Moorefield
37 residents
Morrill
852 residents
Morse Bluff
83 residents
Morse Bluff (Township)
383 residents
Morton
93 residents
Mullen
419 residents
Murdock
235 residents
Murray
449 residents
Myrtle
98 residents
Cities Starting with N
27 cities with government phone programs
Naper
117 residents
Naponee
122 residents
Nebraska City
7,287 residents
Nehawka
167 residents
Neligh
1,636 residents
Nelson
478 residents
Nemaha
94 residents
Nenzel
19 residents
Newcastle
329 residents
Newcastle (Township)
435 residents
Newman
269 residents
Newman Grove
934 residents
Newport
58 residents
Nickerson
572 residents
Nickerson (Township)
687 residents
Niobrara
365 residents
Niobrara (Township)
418 residents
Nora
28 residents
Norfolk
25,962 residents
Norman
41 residents
North Bend
1,225 residents
North Cedar
806 residents
North Frankfort
167 residents
North Franklin
316 residents
North Loup
263 residents
North Loup (Township)
381 residents
North Platte
23,030 residents
Cities Starting with O
30 cities with government phone programs
O'Neill
3,556 residents
Oak
57 residents
Oak Creek
509 residents
Oakdale
351 residents
Oakland
1,572 residents
Oakland (Township)
121 residents
Obert
17 residents
Oconee
492 residents
Oconto
170 residents
Octavia
166 residents
Odell
248 residents
Odessa
116 residents
Offutt AFB
5,663 residents
Ogallala
4,800 residents
Ohiowa
117 residents
Olive
210 residents
Omaha
826,161 residents
Ong
57 residents
Orchard
346 residents
Ord
2,186 residents
Ord (Township)
2,472 residents
Orleans
335 residents
Osceola
867 residents
Oshkosh
775 residents
Osmond
681 residents
Otoe
228 residents
Ottercreek
211 residents
Overland
212 residents
Overton
676 residents
Oxford
724 residents
Cities Starting with P
45 cities with government phone programs
Paddock
329 residents
Page
124 residents
Palisade
321 residents
Palmer
446 residents
Palmyra
642 residents
Panama
223 residents
Papillion
24,063 residents
Parks
17 residents
Pawnee City
930 residents
Paxton
643 residents
Pebble
417 residents
Pender
1,262 residents
Pender (Township)
1,249 residents
Peoria
141 residents
Perry
224 residents
Peru
691 residents
Petersburg
423 residents
Phillips
376 residents
Pickrell
190 residents
Pierce
1,986 residents
Pilger
288 residents
Plainview
1,241 residents
Platte
164 residents
Platte Center
327 residents
Plattsmouth
6,680 residents
Pleasant Dale
244 residents
Pleasant Valley
139 residents
Pleasant View
81 residents
Pleasanton
554 residents
Plum Creek
169 residents
Plymouth
367 residents
Pohocco
1,239 residents
Polk
331 residents
Ponca
707 residents
Ponca (Township)
370 residents
Poole
14 residents
Potter
285 residents
Prague
366 residents
Prairie Creek
330 residents
Prairie Home
0Prairie Island
81 residents
Preston
24 residents
Primrose
70 residents
Princeton
130 residents
Prosser
95 residents
Cities Starting with Q
1 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with R
32 cities with government phone programs
Raeville
0Ragan
9 residents
Ralston
6,445 residents
Randolph
903 residents
Ravenna
1,352 residents
Raymond
187 residents
Read
181 residents
Reading
510 residents
Red Cloud
991 residents
Republican City
116 residents
Reynolds
51 residents
Richardson
434 residents
Richfield
37 residents
Richland
68 residents
Ridgeley
186 residents
Rising City
270 residents
Riverdale
291 residents
Riverside
387 residents
Riverton
93 residents
Roca
172 residents
Rock Falls
48 residents
Rockford
287 residents
Rockville
180 residents
Rogers
73 residents
Rosalie
252 residents
Roscoe
84 residents
Roseland
277 residents
Royal
40 residents
Rulo
142 residents
Rushville
890 residents
Ruskin
177 residents
Ryno
96 residents
Cities Starting with S
84 cities with government phone programs
Salem
84 residents
Sand Creek
72 residents
Santee
235 residents
Saratoga
43 residents
Sarben
13 residents
Sargent
425 residents
Sargent (Township)
613 residents
Saronville
76 residents
Savannah
550 residents
School Creek
140 residents
Schuyler
6,517 residents
Scotia
412 residents
Scott
39 residents
Scottsbluff
14,406 residents
Scribner
735 residents
Seneca
28 residents
Seward
7,665 residents
Shamrock
40 residents
Shelby
709 residents
Shell Creek
945 residents
Shelton
1,354 residents
Sheridan
77 residents
Sherman
567 residents
Shickley
376 residents
Shields
90 residents
Sholes
17 residents
Shubert
201 residents
Sicily
183 residents
Sidney
6,396 residents
Silver Creek
341 residents
Silver Creek (Township)
532 residents
Silvercreek
126 residents
Skull Creek
255 residents
Smithfield
115 residents
Snyder
345 residents
South Bend
99 residents
South Branch
34 residents
South Cedar
247 residents
South Sioux City
13,871 residents
Spade
64 residents
Spalding
389 residents
Sparta
67 residents
Spencer
298 residents
Spencer (Township)
560 residents
Sprague
140 residents
Spring Creek
15 residents
Spring Ranch
150 residents
Springbank
540 residents
Springfield
1,620 residents
Springview
223 residents
St. Bernard
501 residents
St. Charles
180 residents
St. Edward
586 residents
St. Helena
119 residents
St. Libory
311 residents
St. Paul
2,574 residents
Stamford
191 residents
Stanton
1,824 residents
Staplehurst
295 residents
Stapleton
349 residents
Steel Creek
26 residents
Steele City
68 residents
Steinauer
95 residents
Stella
138 residents
Sterling
685 residents
Stockham
16 residents
Stocking
482 residents
Stockville
26 residents
Strang
24 residents
Stratton
337 residents
Stromsburg
1,007 residents
Stuart
553 residents
Stuart (Township)
795 residents
Summit
404 residents
Sumner
379 residents
Sunol
132 residents
Superior
1,833 residents
Surprise
41 residents
Sutherland
1,224 residents
Sutton
1,349 residents
Sutton (Township)
117 residents
Swan
42 residents
Swanton
135 residents
Syracuse
1,964 residents
Cities Starting with T
19 cities with government phone programs
Table Rock
327 residents
Talmage
186 residents
Tamora
11 residents
Tarnov
24 residents
Taylor
144 residents
Tecumseh
1,844 residents
Tekamah
1,691 residents
Terrytown
730 residents
Thayer
49 residents
Thedford
215 residents
Thurston
118 residents
Tilden
977 residents
Timber Creek
183 residents
Tobias
63 residents
Trenton
468 residents
Triumph
107 residents
Trumbull
286 residents
Tryon
136 residents
Turkey Creek
136 residents
Cities Starting with U
7 cities with government phone programs
Cities Starting with V
13 cities with government phone programs
Valentine
2,632 residents
Valley
3,113 residents
Valparaiso
553 residents
Venango
166 residents
Venice
27 residents
Verdel
36 residents
Verdigre
576 residents
Verdigre (Township)
634 residents
Verdigris
312 residents
Verdon
208 residents
Victoria
326 residents
Vieregg
764 residents
Virginia
80 residents
Cities Starting with W
52 cities with government phone programs
Waco
155 residents
Wahoo
4,885 residents
Wahoo (Township)
405 residents
Wakefield
1,288 residents
Wakefield (Township)
1,386 residents
Walker
203 residents
Wallace
272 residents
Walnut Grove
80 residents
Walthill
889 residents
Walton
624 residents
Wann
60 residents
Washington
178 residents
Waterbury
82 residents
Waterloo
950 residents
Wauneta
515 residents
Wausa
587 residents
Waverly
4,363 residents
Wayne
6,055 residents
Webster
844 residents
Weeping Water
1,244 residents
Wellfleet
81 residents
West Blue
70 residents
West Newman
49 residents
West Point
3,479 residents
West Union
73 residents
Western
232 residents
Westerville
17 residents
Westerville (Township)
130 residents
Weston
287 residents
White Clay
0Whitney
57 residents
Wilber
2,178 residents
Wilcox
331 residents
Willow Island
0Willowdale
39 residents
Wilsonville
79 residents
Winnebago
852 residents
Winnebago (Township)
1,966 residents
Winnetoon
37 residents
Winside
520 residents
Winslow
67 residents
Wisner
1,436 residents
Wisner (Township)
137 residents
Wolbach
274 residents
Wood Lake
18 residents
Wood River
1,426 residents
Woodland Hills
256 residents
Woodland Park
1,648 residents
Woodville
122 residents
Wymore
1,287 residents
Wynot
212 residents
Wyoming
76 residents
Cities Starting with Y
3 cities with government phone programs
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