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Membership Information

Are you a new state of Indiana or local government employee? Go here.

Effective July 1, 2015, if you’re returning to PERF-covered employment with the state of Indiana, you might qualify for the My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan.

PERF Hybrid Plan
(available to all employees)

• PERF Hybrid Plan Member Handbook (PDF)

Joining PERF under the Hybrid Plan

• Designating a Beneficiary
• Investing Your Defined Contribution Account
• Leaves of Absence & PERF Benefits

Working in a PERF-covered Job under the Hybrid Plan

• PERF at a Glance, a summary of your benefits
• Investing 101

Collecting Retirement Benefits under the Hybrid Plan

• Use the Benefit Calculator
• Disability & Survivor Benefits
• PERF COLA and 13th Checks
• Retirement Benefit Payment Dates

PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan
(Only available to new state of Indiana and local government employees)

Joining PERF under the My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan

• My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan Member Handbook (for state employees) – PDF
• My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan Member Handbook (for local government employees) – PDF
• My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan vs Hybrid Plan FAQs
• My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan vs. Hybrid Side-by-Side Comparison Chart for Local Government Employees
• My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan vs. Hybrid Side-by-Side Comparison Chart for State Employees
• PERF Hybrid or My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan Quiz
• My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan FAQs for current and future members

Working in a PERF-covered Job under the My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan

• My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan at a Glance – a summary of your benefits​: state employees | local government employees
• Investing 101

Leaving a PERF-covered Job under the My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan

• Separation from Service (in Section 4 of handbooks): state employees | local government employees 
• Payment Methods (in Section 6 of handbooks): state employees | local government employees

Collecting Retirement Benefits under the My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan

• Beneficiary or Survivor Benefits (in Section 7 of handbooks): state employees | local government employees
• Disability Benefits (in Section 8.5.4 of handbooks): state employees | local government employees

Fast Facts

NOTE: the My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan is available only to new state of Indiana and certain local government employees.

• You have 60 days to decide which one is right for you
• Hybrid Plan Newsletters
• My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan Newsletters
• Retiree Newsletters
• PERF and TRF Retirement Application How-to Video
• Investment Fund Fact Sheets
• Sign-Up For Our E-Newsletter
• Special 401(h) Notice
• Who May Act for the Member