Updated: 1/11/2024 Here’s a question we often hear from Members: what is the difference between DROP and Deferred Retirement? Some confusion is definitely understandable. After all, the "D" and "R" in DROP stand for Deferred Retirement. So already,
Statewide Plans Task Force Makes Recommendations to the FPPA Board
In summer 2018, the FPPA Board of Directors created a Statewide Plans Task Force with the express purpose of studying the statewide plans managed by FPPA. This includes the Statewide Defined Benefit Plan (SWDB), the Statewide Death & Disability
What We Learned From Our Most Recent Member Survey
FPPA prides itself on keeping up with our members, and not just at the big moments: enrollment, opening a 457 plan, entering DROP, filing retirement paperwork, etc. We like to know what’s going on in between these big moments so we can share in the
What a Prolific Jeopardy! Champion Can Teach You About Retirement Planning
For the last several weeks, a young Jeopardy! champion has been burning through his opponents. More accurately, 35-year-old James Holzhauer has been chewing up adversaries like Joey Chestnut dominates a pile of hot
First Responder Appreciation Post: Bomb Cyclone Edition
Yesterday, much of Colorado was caught in a "Bomb Cyclone," an unusual weather event that, despite its Marvel-movie-plot-sounding name, is very much a real thing. Without getting all weather-nerdy, this weird weather bucket list item
Fire and Police Pensions in Colorado, Five Years Later
This article originally appeared in a publication by the Colorado Society of CPAs (COCPA) Like many public pension plans, Colorado's Fire & Police Pension Association (FPPA) has faced challenges in the last few years. Members and beneficiaries