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Understand your pension plan? |
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Know your pension rights under federal law? |
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Know how to get the benefits you are entitled to? |
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The New England Pension
Assistance Project serves the
six states in the region:
Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Vermont.
You
can contact the
New
England Pension Assistance
Project if you
currently live or work in New
England, or if you lived or
worked in the region while
earning a pension; or if the
company or pension plan is
headquartered or has operations
now in New England, or if it had
operations in the region when
the pension was earned.
| The New England Pension Assistance Project... |
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offers individual counseling and assistance |
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helps you negotiate layers of bureaucracy |
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helps locate pension funds |
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explains the benefits and rights under your pension plan |
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supplies referrals to attorneys |
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supplies a listing of financial advisers |
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provides speakers on pension issues |
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| The New England Pension Assistance Project... |
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serves individuals in all six New England states. |
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charges no fees to individuals whom it helps. |
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began in 1994 with funding from the U.S. Administration on Aging. |
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has also received funding from the American Express Foundation, the Boston Bar Foundation, the Gerontology Institute of the University of Massachusetts Boston, the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Fund, the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and
the Massachusetts
Secretary of the
Commonwealth and private donations.* |
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has represented over
5,200 people and recovered benefits valued at
approximately $37 million. |
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has a mixture of full-time and part-time staff members whose backgrounds embody a great variety of experiences in employment relations as well as specific expertise in pension matters. |
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The project also accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals. Donations should be made out to University of Massachusetts Boston and sent to Pension Action Center, Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393). |
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| If you would like to request assistance from us, we ask that you fill out a short form with some basic information. Click here for the form. |
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