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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. Savings Plus, 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 Savings Plus website. You may also contact your personnel office if you have questions.
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To help determine ARP eligibility for new employees, you can use the ARP Eligibility Worksheet.
Updated August 30, 2011 at 4:01 PM.