Assurance Wireless is a special program offered by Virgin Mobile. It is a federal lifeline assistance program which is funded and supported by the Universal Service Fund. It is also a government benefit program which provides Assurance wireless new phone to the citizens.

The Assurance wireless phone is an advanced mobile phone which also offers regular phone features such as voice call, voicemail, and caller id, call waiting and call logs.

The basic plan for the Assurance wireless new phone provides the free mobile phone along with free voice call minutes and infinite text messages for each month. The extra unused minutes aren’t added to the free minutes of next month. But you can even buy some additional plans if you need them. The Assurance wireless phones are distributed by different providers. You can contact them if you need a new Assurance wireless phone.

The individuals who qualify the state specific are eligible to enroll themselves for the program. You have to qualify it depending on the status of your financial income and if you have enrolled yourselves for special assistance programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program which is popular as SNAP. The individuals who want to apply for the Assurance wireless new phones must have appropriate proofs of income and the above mentioned program participation.

Generally one Assurance Wireless new phone connection is available for a household. Residents who live as tenants at the same residential address can also get the connection for Assurance wireless phone.

The eligibility criteria for the Assurance wireless new phone will vary across different states. People who participate in the programs mentioned below are eligible for the phone. Some of the required government aid programs that you must be enrolled under are:

• Federal Public Housing Assistance
• SSI (Supplemental Security Income)
• SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
• Medicaid
• FDPIR (Food distribution Program on Indian reservations)
• BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance)
• Veteran Pension and Survivor Benefit
• Tribal head Start for household which meet the qualifying standards of income
• Tribal TANF (Tribally Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)

If you haven’t registered yourself for the above mentioned government assistance programs, you are still eligible for the Assurance wireless new phone. The condition is your household income should be below the federal poverty level, you can quality for the Assurance wireless connection.

After you have qualified for the Assurance wireless new phone connection, you get a free smart phone packed with features such as free 350 minutes of voice call. You can send unlimited number of text messages free of cost. However if your needs aren’t fulfilled with the free 350 minutes, you can even get more minutes at a cheap monthly fee. You can access Internet and get free data access of 500 MB of data. You can get the top-up cards from different retails who distribute different plans for the Assurance wireless phones.

The plans for the Assurance wireless phones vary across states. For example: The basic plan provides 350 minutes for free voice call and endless free text messages. The California plan offers unlimited text messages and voice calls. You can get additional 250 voice call minutes at $5. For $30 per month you can get unlimited voice calls, text and data usage. You can get the current bonus plan which offers extra 150 minutes for free voice calls for every month up the first four months after you taken the Assurance wireless phone new connection.

If you want to get the Assurance wireless new phone connection you can call the phone numbers of Assurance wireless and know the details. You can even submit online application forms or even contact by email.