Federal Lifeline Assistance: Assurance Wireless is a federal Lifeline Assistance program brought to you by Virgin Mobile. Lifeline is a government benefit program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund. Qualifications: Enrollment is available to individuals who qualify based on federal or state-specific eligibility criteria. You may qualify if you are on certain public assistance programs, like Medicaid or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). You can also qualify based on your household income. Proof of Eligibility: You must provide proof of program participation or proof of income. One Account per Household: The Lifeline Assistance program is available for only one wireless or wireline account per household. Separate households that live at the same address are eligible, including residents of homeless shelters and nursing homes. Residents with temporary addresses are also eligible. Click here to listen to FCC Public Service Announcements about the federal Lifeline Assistance program and Recertification. Offer limited to new eligible customers who are approved for Lifeline service (varies by state) residing in selected geographic areas and is non-transferable. Bonus minute promotion ends 12/31/2015. Offers not available in all states/areas. Bonus minutes apply to first 4 months of service and do not roll over. (Florida Residents receive 250 FREE Minutes each month for the first 5 months of service.  Available through 8/31/2015). Competitive claim: Based on published price plans for national offer available in 40 states as of 2/25/2015 of major Lifeline carriers with more than 400K customers (excludes state offers in CA and OK).