Resources
Available
to RTAC Members
2/15/18
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Since 1926, the primary mission of this Association is the
betterment
of all teachers who have retired from the Chicago Public
Schools.
A major part of this mission is the protection of the
pension.
The following is a list of
valuable
links and resources:
- RTAC is pleased to
announce that it now is able to provide complimentary
Notary Public service for our
members at our office Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Thursdays
between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Please call prior to
coming to our
office located
at 111 N. Wabash Avenue
– Suite
2010
in Chicago
to ensure
that our notary public staff member is available. You
also need to
bring a photo ID.
- RTAC
employs
an experienced lobbiest in Springfield to
keep
our
membership informed about pending legislation and to
help alert our
membership to the potentially bad (or good) points of
various proposed
bills. See this page for the
status of pending legislation. Find
your local
Illinois
legislators at VoteIllinois here.
Enter
your 9 digit ZIP code, click 'Find Address', 'OK' and
'Confirm
Address'. If you live outside of Illinois, visit
your state's
website.
- The
Chicago
Teacher's Pension Fund (CTPF) website is here,
recent CTPF
actions and information is here,
the Chicago
Teacher's Union (CTU) website is here and the Illinois
Sate
Board of Education (ISBE) is here.
Information about Retired
Educator's Licensure and Reinstatement
Requirements on the
ISBE website is here.
- Information
on a City
of Chicago
property tax rebate program can be found here.
- The Cook
County Elder
Justice Center
(CCEJC)
is designed to serve as a resource center for citizens
of Cook County
who are aged 60 and older. The CCEJC
will provide information and support needed to help
older adults avoid
becoming victims of abuse, neglect and financial
exploitation. The CCEJC
will also provide referrals to the appropriate legal
and social service
agencies. A list of the free workshops provided
by CCEJC is here.
- Information about Oak Street
Health Warming
and/or Cooling
Centers.
- RTAC
is a strong supporter of the Social Security
Fairness
movement dedicated to eliminating the Windfall
Elimination Provision
(WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)
provisions that greatly
reduce the amount of Social Security that qualifying
members should
receive. See this site
for more information.
- RTAC
members
qualify for the MetLife
group dental program. See this
site for more information on the MetLife
program or call the RTAC office at 1-312-750-1522.
MetLife
also provides a number of links that answer
possible oral health
questions and provide valuable information. See this
site. An additional option of the MetLife
dental program is a vision care program. Call the
RTAC
office at 1-312-750-1522 for more information on the
vision care
portion of the MetLife
Dental program.
- Information
about Social
Security
Disability benefits is here
or here
and a Social
Security benefit calculator can be found here.
- RTAC
members qualify for the Hear in America
group hearing program which provided discounts on hearing
aids and
other
hearing services. Call the RTAC office at
1-312-750-1522 for more information on this program.
- The Chicago
Retired Teachers' Aid Fund (CRTAF) is
dedicated to helping any
member who is going through a tough financial
time. To go to
their website click here.
- Read
an
analysis
of the Affordable Care
Act (alias 'Obama Care') and how it
affects your healthcare insurance cost by RTAC Director
Patricia B. Kubistal here.
- Information
about the different types and options
available
for Annuities
can be found on this page.
- Estimated
travel times via Chicago
Expressways is available here.
- Information
on how to get around Chicago on the CTA is
available here.
- Information
on how to get around Chicago's Suburbs on Metra is
available here.
- Airline
delay and flight status
information is available here.
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