Program areas at NCRGEA
Ad&d insurance covers all members of the Association during the 2021/2022 fiscal year. Carrier paid 9 claims to members' estates totaling $137,500. In addition, the organization administers all dental and vision plans offered to its members.
Ncrgea's district meetings, during 2021/2022 fiscal year, face to face meetings were held in the fall of 2021. Locations were cherokee, charlotte, gastonia, concord, blowing rock, asheville, hickory and statesville. With covid still a factor, for spring 2022, we provided a virtual week long 'public servants week'. Each day was a different topic, bringing in more speakers and events for members.
Living power, ncrgea's newsletter, was sent to over 63,000 members six times during the fiscal year, either by us mail or electronically (over 3,300 electronic mailings per issue). The Association continued mailing newsletters to all new retirees for the first 6 months of their retirement, whether they joined the Association or not. Additionally, the newsletter is mailed to city and county managers, hr personnel, colleges, universities, and community colleges. Pertinent information included in the newsletter for state and local government retirees include updates on North Carolina legislative happenings, state health plan information, updates on medicare and social security, and other issues of importance for these retirees and prospective retirees.