The CEA Capitol Report and Other ListServs
www.cea.org/about/listservs.cfm
Go here to join many CEA Listservs to receive e-mail updates and newsletters relevant to the group.  You must be a CEA member to join any of our Listservs.  All e-mail you receive gives you the option to remove yourself from the group.

NEA Today Action
www.neatodayaction.org
Here’s a dynamic interactive web site for NEA members to speak directly to key policymakers, exchange views with fellow educators and take action on some of today’s most important issues.  Because government policy has such an enormous effect in and around our classrooms, educators must take an active voice to influence – and educate – leaders at the local, state and national level.

They’re listening more than they have been in the past eight years, so now’s the time to make your voice heard on a host of issues, including health care, jobs, employees rights, and the upcoming reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, better known as No Child Left Behind.

But the conversation is not complete unless you talk back! So we urge you take the time to read their thoughts on education reform and, using the multimedia and social media components on the site, respond to their ideas, share your own, and continue the discussion around transformation with fellow educators.

NEA Member Benefits
www.neamb.com
Learn all the ways NEA Member Benefits works to serve NEA members and their families.  It addresses the economic issues facing NEA-Retired Member's with its commitment to improving the lives of members and its substantial group buying power. 

CEA Member Benefits
www.cea.org/about/mb/index.cfm
Here are some special discount programs specifically for members of the CEA membership.  The link below provides you with a printable list.

Member Benefits Printable List of Discounts
http://www.cea.org/about/mb/upload/Special-Services-List-7-08.pdf

Connecticut State Department of Education
www.state.ct.us/sde
Useful information on what's happening at this department

CT State Department of Ed - Retired Teachers' Certification
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2613&Q=321230
Looking for more information on RENEWING your certification?  Here's the place.  The link above takes users to the on-line certification system.

Maintaining Certification Once you Retire
http://www.cea.org/profdev/profdevretiredceus.cfm
Questions regarding your certifcation?  Click here for a Q & A for retirees.

Connecticut State Teacher's Retirement Board
www.state.ct.us/trb/
Here is the new and improved TRB site with links to just about everything you should need from the Connecticut State Teacher's Retirement Board.

Stirling Benefits
www.stirlingbenefits.com
Many of you still call this Stirling and Stirling.  It's the supplemental health care offering provided through the Connecticut State Teacher's Retirement Board.

Delta Dental
www.deltadentalnj.com
Here's the supplemental dental plan provided through the Connecticut State Teacher's Retirement Board.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov
This federal government Web site has Medicare and Medicaid-related resources.

CVS/Caremark
https://www.caremark.com/wps/portal
Here's the pharmaceutical plan provided through the Connecticut State Teacher's Retirement Board.

National Education Association (NEA) - Retired
www.nea.org/home/1598.htm
Here is the link to our National retired organization.

Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov

Social Security Administration's Publication on Retirement Benefits
www.ssa.gov/pubs/10035.html

Social Security's Regional Pages
www.ssa.gov/regions/regional.html

US Government Web Sites for Seniors
www.seniors.gov

First Gov - U.S. Government links to valuable resources
http://www.usa.gov/topics/seniors.html
Here's a good resource for seniors with information on travel discounts including the senior National Parks lifetime free admission program.

Alliance for Retired Americans
www.retiredamericans.org
The Alliance is a new and unique national organization that mobilizes millions of older and retired citizens to make their voices heard for public policies that support older Americans and their families.

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
www.n4a.org

National Council on Aging
www.ncoa.org
This Web site has information on senior advocacy and research. Includes a link to “Family Friends,” a program that connects seniors with at-risk children and families for mentoring and support.

American Society on Aging
www.asaging.org
This Web site has resources for people who work with seniors and their families. The site is designed to serve field professionals, but it also is useful to anyone interested in seniors and aging.

The Savvy Senior Center
www.savvysenior.org
The Senior Center is a convenient page of resources.

Connecticut Senior Information
www.ctseniorinfo.com

Retired Brains
www.retiredbrains.com
This site connects older workers with employers seeking to hire them. It also provides senior-focused information and links to charitable organizations and non-profits looking for volunteers.

Senior Health
www.seniorhealth.about.com
A comprehensive guide to senior health.  Covers a host of illnesses and issues and also offers a free e- newsletter.

Senior Living
www.grandtimes.com
An Internet site filled with various informative topics for seniors.

Senior Discounts
www.seniordiscounts.com
A great spot for information on age-related discounts

Connecticut Travel and Discounts
http://www.ct.gov
Just click VISITING and you will be taken to a variety of resources of which many state residents are unaware such as recreation and activities as well as tourism and travel.  Don't forget that Connecticut residents 65 and older are eligible for a free lifetime Charter Oak Pass giving them admission to all state parks, forests, as well as Gillette Castle, Dinosaur and Fort Trumbull parks and Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery. 

Seniors on the Go - travel information
www.smartertravel.com/senior-travel/
Use this site to find some good travel deals for seniors including plane, train, and bus travel as well as hotel and location events.  There's also a good link to compare travel prices.