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Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) administers the retirement systems for the following members, to view click on DRS Members
For information on retirement and benefits, please click on DRS
Looking for the Next Crisis
Public Pension funds are massively short of money, see Public Pension Funds
The stock market and home prices are down, but don't feel that necessarily means you can't retire. You might just have to be creative, see Focus
State: High contributions needed to keep system solvent, policymakers told, see Pension Funds
To the long list of reasons American companies aren't hiring--business losses, tight credit, consumer retrenchment--add the fact that many of their older workers are unable, or afraid, to retire, see Reluctance to Retire
Americans have been losing their jobs in droves, yet one group has gained ground in employment during this recession: workers 55 and older, see Older Workers
Working until you drop is a lot better if you can find a job in retirement that brings meaning and happiness. See Seven Keys
see Pension Plans
see Pensionomics: Measuring the Economic Impact of State and Local Pension Plans
U.S. Reps. George Miller (D-CA) and Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), the lead House authors of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, joined President Barack Obama as he signed the legislation into law. The Act grows the number of volunteers nationwide to 250,000, and will include expansion of services like AmeriCorps, as well as four new service corps focused on education, health care, energy and veterans. The act creates opportunities for citizens of all ages. For more information, please go to Landmark National Service Bill
see Special Section by clicking on Retirement
Social Security Benefits Not Expected to Rise in 2010 by Robert Pear,
The New York Times published May 2, 2009 see Social Security Benefits
Read the article, please click on Social Security
The American Association of Community Colleges Plus 50 Initiative is a three-year effort to identify a pilot group of two-year institutions that will create or expand campus programs to engage the 50+ population in learning; training/re-training programs; and/or volunteer, civic, service activities. For more information click on Plus 50 Ageless Learning
