Free cell Phone for Disabled People and Senior Citizens

The government in conjunction with some notable telephone services providers recently rolled out a new program for the disabled and senior citizens. The program is call Government Free Cell Phone Program. this is specifically aimed at alleviating the suffering or hardship meted out to many disabled and seniors in our society. Many disabled/seniors lives were lost due to their inability to make contact in an emergency situations. some of the disabled and seniors that lives independently ought to have means of communication or reaching out to people for help at all time. I have worked with disabled and senior citizens for years and know the problem some of them were daily going through making contacts and connections. introduction of this free government free cell phone will save many lives.

while applauding this new government initiatives for disabled and senior citizens, I am greatly concerned about transparency and accountability. I am worried about those that will be placed in this position of authority. Since it is a program in conjunction with some carriers, there might not be proper accountability. It may not be properly tracked, thereby all qualified people may not benefit from the program. If the government wants to engage in free cell phone services for the disabled and seniors, I think it is supposed to be completely free. Many of these  cell phones provides are claiming the agreement with the government was that the disabled and the seniors could only be given this phones with one time activation fee and 250 minutes airtime monthly and the program runs for one year. this gesture is to help those in need of this service and government effort would be met by not attaching any thing to it. I read about this government assistance from the Denver Post and assurance Wireless. it could be more structured and targeted at the disabled and seniors that really needed this help. Some disabled and seniors are capable of buying cell phone on their own, but those that really needed it should be sought for.

My office has begun collating the names of disabled and seniors citizens who wish to benefit from this government initiatives. this should also be done in all the companies that care for this class of individuals. From my own understanding, the government free cell phone program is not available in all states. Colorado is among the states that currently participate in this program. I hope the government needs to have a better means of informing beneficiaries. Companies/organizations providing services for disabled and seniors citizens may be a good avenue to inform their clients. Also, heavy advert on electronic and print media would be necessary.