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Energy

  • California Alternate Rates for Energy
    (http://www.pge.com/care/)
    California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) rovides a monthly discount on energy bills for income-qualified households and housing facilities. Qualifications are based on the number of persons living in your home and your total annual household income.

  • Medical Baseline Allowance
    (http://www.pge.com/myhome/customerservice/financialassistance/medicalbaseline)
    Get additional quantities of energy at the lowest (baseline) price for residential customers. To qualify for Medical Baseline, a California-licensed physician must certify that a full-time resident in your home has met the required medical conditions.

Housing

Problem Gambling

Telephone

  • California Lifeline
    (www.CaliforniaLifeline.com)
    California LifeLine is a state program that provides basic home phone service at a discount to eligible households.

  • California Telephone Access Program
    (www.ddtp.org)
    California Telephone Access Program (CTAP) provides assistive telecommunications equipments (e.g. phones with large buttons and amplifiers) and is part of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP).