The Act, however, did not define "eligible household".
Each eligible household is entitled to a discount on only one voice line, either fixed or mobile.
That would expand home education for preschoolers in low-income families to 60 percent of eligible households, from 37 percent, Federal officials said.
About 41,000 eligible households pay more than half their income for rent.
For now, consumers have been tentative, with few of the 4.7 million eligible households switching to the new electricity retailers entering the market.
One priority for this year's grants is to fund projects designed to improve the retention of eligible households at the point of recertification.
Funds were disbursed from the Treasury directly to the postal service and then delivered to the female head of eligible households.
Three of the final evaluation studies define 'eligible' households as only the group originally chosen for incorporation (pre-densification).
(2) Only 37 percent of eligible low-income working households receive food stamps.
But of the eligible households, only about a third have paid for the ability to activate on-demand video.