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Eligibility for the Telephone Equipment Distribution Program To obtain a communication device a person needs to apply using a specific form from the Minnesota Telephone Equipment Distribution Program (TED). To be eligible for TED a person must: be able to benefit from the use of the equipment for its intended purpose; be deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing or have a communication disability; be a resident of Minnesota; live in a household with telephone service or the potential for telephone service; and be at or below Minnesota's median household income unless a person is deafblind. Deafblind participants can live in a household that is at or below 150 percent of the state's median income. MN Statute 237.53
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