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Free Government Phone Programs Available in All South Dakota Cities

Government phone assistance programs are available to eligible residents in all 1,170 cities throughout South Dakota. 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 South Dakota, 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 South Dakota 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.

A

Cities Starting with A

52 cities with government phone programs

B

Cities Starting with B

103 cities with government phone programs

Bad Nation

0

Badger

164 residents

Badger (Township)

0

Badus

0

Bailey

0

Baker

0

Baltic

1,512 residents

Bancroft

34 residents

Bangor

0

Banner

0

Barrett

0

Bates

0

Batesland

87 residents

Bath

116 residents

Bath (Township)

0

Bath Corner

81 residents

Beaver

0

Beaver Creek

0

Beck-Highland

0

Becker

0

Belford

0

Belle

0

Belle Fourche

5,741 residents

Belle Plaine

0

Belle Prairie

0

Belleview

0

Belmont

0

Belvidere

112 residents

Benedict

0

Benton

0

Beotia

0

Beresford

2,437 residents

Bethel

0

Beulah

0

Big Sioux

0

Big Springs

0

Big Stone

0

Big Stone City

609 residents

Bijou Hills

0

Bison

419 residents

Bison (Township)

0

Black

0

Blackhawk

2,805 residents

Blackpipe

0

Blaine

0

Blendon

0

Blinsmon

0

Blom

0

Blooming Valley

0

Blucksberg Mountain

683 residents

Blumengard Colony

0

Blunt

214 residents

Bon Homme Colony

0

Bonesteel

301 residents

Bonilla

0

Bossko

0

Boulder Canyon

487 residents

Bowdle

442 residents

Bowdle (Township)

0

Box Elder

12,457 residents

Bradley

104 residents

Brainard

0

Brandon

10,996 residents

Brandon (Township)

0

Brandt

100 residents

Brandt (Township)

0

Brant Lake

68 residents

Brant Lake South

210 residents

Brantford

0

Brentford

84 residents

Brentwood Colony

61 residents

Bridger

72 residents

Bridgewater

456 residents

Bridgewater (Township)

0

Bristol

245 residents

Bristol (Township)

0

Britton

1,117 residents

Broadland

15 residents

Broadland (Township)

0

Brookfield

0

Brookings

23,710 residents

Brookings (Township)

0

Brooklyn

0

Brothersfield

0

Bruce

283 residents

Brule

0

Brunson

0

Bryan

0

Bryant

761 residents

Buffalo

282 residents

Buffalo Gap

140 residents

Bull Creek

0

Bullhead

285 residents

Burbank

159 residents

Burdette

0

Burdick

0

Burk

0

Burke

645 residents

Burr Oak

0

Bushnell

66 residents

Butler

4 residents

Butler (Township)

0

Butte

0
C

Cities Starting with C

105 cities with government phone programs

Cambria

0

Cameron Colony

58 residents

Camp Crook

35 residents

Campbell

0

Camrose Colony

0

Canistota

664 residents

Canistota (Township)

0

Canova

140 residents

Canova (Township)

0

Canton

3,060 residents

Canton (Township)

0

Capital

0

Capitola

0

Caputa

29 residents

Carl

0

Carlisle

0

Carlton

0

Carlyle

0

Carter

35 residents

Carthage

104 residents

Carthage (Township)

21 residents

Cash

16 residents

Castle Butte

32 residents

Castlewood

756 residents

Castlewood (Township)

250 residents

Cavour

187 residents

Cavour (Township)

87 residents

Cedar

29 residents

Cedar Butte

42 residents

Cedar Grove Colony

0

Center

76 residents

Centerville

876 residents

Centerville (Township)

176 residents

Central City

122 residents

Central Point

81 residents

Chamberlain

2,621 residents

Chamberlain (Township)

232 residents

Chance

38 residents

Chancellor

365 residents

Chaudoin

13 residents

Chelsea

57 residents

Cherry Creek

158 residents

Chery

48 residents

Chester

215 residents

Chester (Township)

665 residents

Childstown

209 residents

Choteau Creek

236 residents

Civil Bend

320 residents

Claire City

102 residents

Clare

150 residents

Claremont

90 residents

Claremont (Township)

126 residents

Claremont Colony

0

Clark

1,181 residents

Clark Colony

63 residents

Clarno

68 residents

Clayton

65 residents

Clear Lake

1,333 residents

Clear Lake (Township)

229 residents

Clearfield Colony

70 residents

Clearwater

226 residents

Cleveland

87 residents

Clifton

141 residents

Clinton

67 residents

Cloverleaf Colony

14 residents

Cloyd Valley

17 residents

Clyde

433 residents

Cody

24 residents

Collins

198 residents

Collins Colony

0

Colman

1,011 residents

Colman (Township)

217 residents

Colome

397 residents

Colome (Township)

97 residents

Colonial Pine Hills

2,347 residents

Colton

802 residents

Columbia

170 residents

Columbia (Township)

104 residents

Como

41 residents

Conata

10 residents

Concord

91 residents

Conde

122 residents

Conde (Township)

27 residents

Condon

38 residents

Cooper

15 residents

Corn Creek

147 residents

Cornwall

37 residents

Corona

72 residents

Corsica

654 residents

Cortlandt

625 residents

Cottonwood

105 residents

Cottonwood Lake

48 residents

Cow Creek

64 residents

Crandon

74 residents

Cresbard

110 residents

Crocker

24 residents

Crook City

278 residents

Crooked Creek

23 residents

Crooks

1,216 residents

Cross Plains

126 residents

Crow

12 residents

Crow Lake

49 residents

Crystal Lake

42 residents

Curlew

38 residents

Custer

2,148 residents

D

Cities Starting with D

39 cities with government phone programs

E

Cities Starting with E

40 cities with government phone programs

F

Cities Starting with F

43 cities with government phone programs

G

Cities Starting with G

58 cities with government phone programs

H

Cities Starting with H

66 cities with government phone programs

I

Cities Starting with I

16 cities with government phone programs

J

Cities Starting with J

11 cities with government phone programs

K

Cities Starting with K

23 cities with government phone programs

L

Cities Starting with L

70 cities with government phone programs

La Belle

57 residents

La Bolt

67 residents

La Plant

266 residents

La Prairie

61 residents

La Roche

356 residents

La Valley

669 residents

Lafoon

31 residents

Lake

51 residents

Lake Andes

934 residents

Lake Byron

121 residents

Lake City

56 residents

Lake Creek

39 residents

Lake Flat

31 residents

Lake George

37 residents

Lake Hendricks

247 residents

Lake Hill

39 residents

Lake Madison

885 residents

Lake Norden

769 residents

Lake Poinsett

413 residents

Lake Preston

539 residents

Lake Sinai

170 residents

Lake View

792 residents

Lakeside

51 residents

Laketon

168 residents

Lakeview Colony

0

Lamro

444 residents

Landing Creek

19 residents

Lane

25 residents

Langford

402 residents

Lansing

31 residents

Lantry

3 residents

Lawrence

480 residents

Le Roy

190 residents

Le Sueur

143 residents

Lead

2,997 residents

Lebanon

68 residents

Lee

65 residents

Lemmon

1,214 residents

Lennox

2,587 residents

Leola

363 residents

Lesterville

92 residents

Letcher

184 residents

Letcher (Township)

123 residents

Liberty

73 residents

Lien

124 residents

Lincoln

1,169 residents

Linn

31 residents

Lisbon

117 residents

Little Eagle

362 residents

Lockwood

355 residents

Lodgepole

28 residents

Lodi

55 residents

Logan

123 residents

Lone Rock

88 residents

Lone Star

20 residents

Lone Tree

162 residents

Long Hollow

165 residents

Long Hollow (Township)

414 residents

Long Lake

17 residents

Long Lake Colony

0

Loomis

5 residents

Lowe

106 residents

Lowell

54 residents

Lower Brule

777 residents

Lowry

1 residents

Lura

50 residents

Lynn

31 residents

Lyon

27 residents

Lyons

94 residents

Lyons (Township)

610 residents

M

Cities Starting with M

78 cities with government phone programs

Madison

6,158 residents

Maltby

14 residents

Manchester

62 residents

Manderson-White Horse Creek

641 residents

Mansfield

29 residents

Mapleton

2,120 residents

Marindahl

160 residents

Marion

1,004 residents

Marion (Township)

179 residents

Marlar

19 residents

Marshfield

37 residents

Martin

1,054 residents

Marty

257 residents

Marvin

18 residents

Mathews

109 residents

Maverick Junction

21 residents

Maxwell Colony

0

Maydell

44 residents

Mayfield

183 residents

Mayfield Colony

84 residents

Mazeppa

93 residents

McIntosh

100 residents

McKinley

28 residents

McLaughlin

567 residents

McNeely

52 residents

Meadow

38 residents

Meadow View Addition

880 residents

Meckling

64 residents

Meckling (Township)

212 residents

Medary

1,462 residents

Mellette

144 residents

Mellette (Township)

112 residents

Melrose

383 residents

Menno

736 residents

Mercier

167 residents

Merton

37 residents

Middleton

254 residents

Midland

108 residents

Milbank

3,513 residents

Milford

68 residents

Millboro

25 residents

Millbrook Colony

54 residents

Miller

1,346 residents

Miller (Township)

184 residents

Millerdale Colony

85 residents

Milltown

5 residents

Milltown (Township)

107 residents

Mina

888 residents

Miner

24 residents

Minnesota

95 residents

Mission

1,380 residents

Mission Hill

182 residents

Mission Hill (Township)

358 residents

Mitchell

15,637 residents

Mobridge

2,928 residents

Modena

23 residents

Molan

124 residents

Mondamin

18 residents

Monroe

239 residents

Monroe (Township)

169 residents

Montpelier

41 residents

Montrose

514 residents

Montrose (Township)

216 residents

Moore

71 residents

Moreau

17 residents

Morningside

79 residents

Morristown

58 residents

Morton

73 residents

Mosher

25 residents

Mound City

97 residents

Mount Pleasant

257 residents

Mount Vernon

437 residents

Mount Vernon (Township)

167 residents

Mountain Plains

412 residents

Mullen

4 residents

Murdo

633 residents

Mussman

13 residents

Myron

145 residents

N

Cities Starting with N

31 cities with government phone programs

O

Cities Starting with O

41 cities with government phone programs

P

Cities Starting with P

71 cities with government phone programs

Palatine

67 residents

Palisade

393 residents

Palmyra

61 residents

Park

19 residents

Parker

1,247 residents

Parker (Township)

265 residents

Parkston

1,981 residents

Parmelee

637 residents

Parnell

159 residents

Patten

40 residents

Pearl

10 residents

Pearl Creek

94 residents

Pearl Creek Colony

0

Peever

126 residents

Peever Flats

107 residents

Pelican

744 residents

Pembrook

29 residents

Pembrook Colony

0

Peno

33 residents

Perry

294 residents

Philip

491 residents

Phipps

62 residents

Pickstown

254 residents

Piedmont

956 residents

Pierpont

165 residents

Pierre

14,008 residents

Pine Lakes Addition

243 residents

Pine Ridge

2,480 residents

Pioneer

16 residents

Plain Center

118 residents

Plainfield

36 residents

Plainview

42 residents

Plainview Colony

0

Plankinton

637 residents

Plankinton (Township)

197 residents

Plano

94 residents

Plato

47 residents

Platte

1,310 residents

Platte (Township)

290 residents

Platte Colony

0

Pleasant

208 residents

Pleasant Grove

38 residents

Pleasant Lake

59 residents

Pleasant Ridge

31 residents

Pleasant Valley

19 residents

Pleasant Valley Colony

0

Pleasant View

59 residents

Plummer

20 residents

Poinsett Colony

0

Pollock

274 residents

Porcupine

549 residents

Portage

37 residents

Portland

62 residents

Powell

31 residents

Prairie

239 residents

Prairie Center

188 residents

Prairie City

18 residents

Prairie View

21 residents

Prairiewood

303 residents

Prairiewood Village

496 residents

Pratt

19 residents

Presho

333 residents

Preston

158 residents

Pringle

198 residents

Prospect

1 residents

Prosper

702 residents

Provo

0

Provo (Township)

33 residents

Pukwana

276 residents

Pukwana (Township)

150 residents

Putney

90 residents

Q

Cities Starting with Q

2 cities with government phone programs

R

Cities Starting with R

63 cities with government phone programs

S

Cities Starting with S

93 cities with government phone programs

Salem

1,201 residents

Salem (Township)

274 residents

Sand Creek

32 residents

Sangamon

43 residents

Saratoga

131 residents

Savo

52 residents

Scandinavia

217 residents

Scenic

55 residents

Schriever

40 residents

Scotch Cap

18 residents

Scotland

800 residents

Scovil

13 residents

Selby

642 residents

Seneca

26 residents

Shamrock Colony

65 residents

Shannon Colony

27 residents

Sharon

71 residents

Shelby

83 residents

Sheridan

479 residents

Sherman

55 residents

Shindler

651 residents

Shyne

12 residents

Sicangu Village

350 residents

Sidney

9 residents

Signal

57 residents

Silver Creek

81 residents

Silver Lake

101 residents

Silver Lake Colony

0

Sinai

220 residents

Sioux Falls

207,795 residents

Sioux Valley

228 residents

Sisseton

2,593 residents

Sisseton (Township)

776 residents

Smith

46 residents

Smithville

8 residents

Smithwick

22 residents

Soldier Creek

271 residents

South Detroit

51 residents

South Shore

232 residents

Spearfish

12,551 residents

Spencer

126 residents

Spink

217 residents

Spink Colony

43 residents

Spirit Lake

153 residents

Spirit Mound

211 residents

Split Rock

3,169 residents

Spring

26 residents

Spring Creek

337 residents

Spring Creek Colony

161 residents

Spring Grove

140 residents

Spring Hill

30 residents

Spring Lake

25 residents

Spring Lake Colony

38 residents

Spring Valley

33 residents

Spring Valley Colony

0

Springdale

2,186 residents

Springfield

2,073 residents

St. Charles

11 residents

St. Francis

631 residents

St. Lawrence

145 residents

St. Lawrence (Township)

47 residents

St. Onge

46 residents

St. Onge (Township)

330 residents

Star

119 residents

Star Prairie

47 residents

Star Valley

80 residents

Starr

126 residents

Stena

190 residents

Stephan

7 residents

Sterling

401 residents

Stewart

80 residents

Stickney

251 residents

Stockholm

112 residents

Stockholm (Township)

94 residents

Storla

4 residents

Strandburg

79 residents

Stratford

50 residents

Strool-Plateau

90 residents

Sturgis

7,111 residents

Sully

27 residents

Summerset

2,978 residents

Summit

389 residents

Summit (Township)

33 residents

Sumner

14 residents

Sun Prairie

133 residents

Sunnyside

15 residents

Sunset Colony

61 residents

Surprise Valley

14 residents

Susquehanna

184 residents

Sverdrup

875 residents

Swan Lake

256 residents

Sweet

356 residents

Swift Bird

183 residents

T

Cities Starting with T

33 cities with government phone programs

U

Cities Starting with U

5 cities with government phone programs

V

Cities Starting with V

28 cities with government phone programs

W

Cities Starting with W

94 cities with government phone programs

Wachter

31 residents

Wacker

17 residents

Wagner

1,555 residents

Wahehe

251 residents

Wakonda

352 residents

Wakpala

159 residents

Wakpala (Township)

275 residents

Waldro

72 residents

Wall

595 residents

Wall Lake

1,242 residents

Wallace

67 residents

Walnut Grove

111 residents

Walshtown

155 residents

Wanblee

744 residents

Ward

54 residents

Ward (Township)

62 residents

Warner

494 residents

Warner (Township)

524 residents

Warren

41 residents

Washington

42 residents

Wasta

77 residents

Wasta (Township)

35 residents

Watauga

25 residents

Watertown

22,859 residents

Waubay

425 residents

Waubay (Township)

522 residents

Waverly

21 residents

Waverly (Township)

193 residents

Wayne

247 residents

Weaver

37 residents

Weber

242 residents

Webster

1,823 residents

Webster (Township)

293 residents

Wellington

274 residents

Wells

22 residents

Wentworth

189 residents

Wentworth (Township)

502 residents

Wesley

32 residents

Wessington

192 residents

Wessington (Township)

46 residents

Wessington Springs

747 residents

Wessington Springs (Township)

67 residents

West Brule

482 residents

West Hanson

48 residents

West Point

102 residents

West Rondell

68 residents

Weston

204 residents

Westport

93 residents

Westport (Township)

86 residents

Westwood Colony

0

Weta

20 residents

Wetonka

14 residents

Wheatland

79 residents

Wheaton

27 residents

White

438 residents

White Butte

20 residents

White Horse

276 residents

White Lake

423 residents

White Lake (Township)

80 residents

White River

712 residents

White Rock

13 residents

White Rock (Township)

129 residents

White Rock Colony

0

White Swan

716 residents

Whitehorse

127 residents

Whiteside

37 residents

Whitewood

746 residents

Wilbur

250 residents

William Hamilton

6 residents

Williams Creek

41 residents

Willow Creek

51 residents

Willow Lake

455 residents

Wilmot

441 residents

Wilson

26 residents

Winfred

29 residents

Winfred (Township)

124 residents

Winner

2,900 residents

Winsor

151 residents

Wismer

32 residents

Witten

87 residents

Wittenberg

290 residents

Wolf Creek

230 residents

Wolf Creek Colony

0

Wolsey

666 residents

Wolsey (Township)

66 residents

Wonderland Homes

782 residents

Wood

55 residents

Woodland

57 residents

Woonsocket

753 residents

Woonsocket (Township)

147 residents

Worthen

123 residents

Worthing

1,087 residents

Wortman

23 residents

Wounded Knee

484 residents

Y

Cities Starting with Y

3 cities with government phone programs

Z

Cities Starting with Z

2 cities with government phone programs

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