Lathrop, MO 2017 Directory

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Missouri Universal Service

Available To Missouri Customers

The Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC)

has approved the establishment of a Missouri

Universal Service FUND (MoUSF) to help low-income

and disabled Missourians receive discounts for

telecommunications service. The Missouri Universal

Service Fund assessment rate is 0.0010 (0.10%).

This surcharge appears as a separate line item

on customer bills detailed as “Missouri Universal

Service Fund.”

Missouri customers who receive Federal Lifeline

support automatically receive an additional $6.50 per

month in Missouri Universal Service Fund support.

The Federal Lifeline Program and the MoUSF together

offer a discount to qualifying customers of $15.75 per

month for Voice or Broadband Internet service.

Individuals who qualify for low-income or disabled

support are required to complete a MoUSF Board

approval application. The application form includes a

release so that the Missouri Public Service Commission

or its staff may confirm participation in the qualifying

programs. By signing the authorization, the beneficiary

recipient authorizes the appropriate federal, state or

local agency to confirm to the Missouri Public Service

Commission or its staff participation in the qualifying

program that the time the application was made, and

as subsequently deemed necessary for purposes of

annual verification or other examinations of eligibility

– this authorization continues for the duration of

participation in the low-income or disabled program.

Customers who qualify for low-income or disabled

support are required to provide documentation of

participation in the qualifying program. Qualifying low-

income or disabled programs include: MO HealthNet

(f/k/a Medicaid), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance

Program (Food Stamps), Supplemental Security

Income, Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit,

Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8), or

have an income at or below the 135% of the Federal

Poverty Guidelines.

There are no federal Lifeline discounts offered for

disabled consumers. The MoUSF program will offer

a discount of $6.50 per month for the consumer’s

voice, broadband or a bundle of the two services for

Missourians that qualify. If a member of the household

has a disability and is receiving disability benefits as

defined below, the consumer is eligible to receive the

disability discount. Disability assistance is available to

all Missouri residential customers who demonstrate,

by providing documentation, that they are totally and

permanently disabled or blind and receiving any of the

following: Federal Social Security Disability Benefits,

Veterans Administration Benefits, State Blind Pension,

State Aid to Blind Persons, or State Supplemental

Disability Assistance.