Why Is Acp Phones Ending In 2024. That effort, the affordable connectivity program (acp), was made permanent as part of the 2021 infrastructure investment and jobs act. In anticipation of the future lack of funding, the acp stopped accepting applications for the program in february 2024.

Initially established in december 2020 and later expanded and renamed by the bipartisan infrastructure law, the acp enrolled more than 23 million subscribers. The $14.2 billion program helped some 23 million households, but it will end if congress fails to renew funding.