Alternate Retirement Program

The Alternate Retirement Program, or ARP, is a retirement savings program that certain State employees are automatically enrolled in for their first two years of employment with the State of California. The Savings Plus Program, part of the Department of Personnel Administration, administers the ARP Program.

It's an "alternate" retirement program because it provides two years of retirement savings in lieu of two years of retirement service credit under the California Public Employees' Retirement System. Even though you don't earn retirement service credit with CalPERS during this period, you are still a CalPERS member.

For more information about ARP, including forms and publications, visit the SPP website. You may also contact your personnel office if you have questions.

Personnel Offices

To help determine ARP eligibility for new employees, you can use the ARP Eligibility Worksheet.

Updated May 6, 2008 at 8:36 AM.