Helping agencies below will assist our furloughed GS Civilians and Military Members with Spouses who are GS Employees. 1. Office of Personnel Management Guidance on Shutdown Furloughs at opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough-guidance/guidanc e-for-shutdown-furloughs.pdf 2. Department of Defense Shutdown Furlough Guidance at cpms.osd.mil/Subpage/FurloughGuidance/ 3. Army Shutdown Furlough Guidance at cpol.army.mil/library/general/2013sequestration/FY14Lapse.html Benefits 1. Army Benefits Center https://abc.army.mil/ 2. Civilian Human Resources Agency Employee Benefits Handout chra.army.mil/hr/tools/gps/files/SAMPLE%20Employee%20Handout%20-% 20Furlough%205-28-13~766.docx 3. Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) at tsp.gov or TSP Fact Sheet at https://fcportal.forscom.army.mil/sites/g1/G1-HRD/Sequestration%20Informatio n/Additional%20Benefits/TSP%20guidance%20on%20Furlough.pdf. a. Decrease or terminate TSP (implications for time savings) b. Apply for TSP General Loan, generally 30 day approval-current interest rate c. If you have a current TSP loan, amortize to decrease your payments during furlough period 4. Financial Assistance a. Work directly with creditors to ask for reprieve or reduction on payments during furlough period b. Federal saving, bank, and credit union institutions are offering relief during furlough 5. Unemployment Compensation (see workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/unemcomp.asp) a. State specific UI information can be found at: servicelocator.org/OWSLinks.asp b. More information about UCFE can be found at: dol.gov/sequestration/ucfe-faqs.pdf c. Notice to Federal Employee about Unemployment Insurance (SF-8) at chra.army.mil/hr/tools/gps/view.asp?ID=781 Additional Resources 1. Tax Withholdings - Decrease your tax withholdings by increasing the number of federal and state tax exemptions. (See tax implications at irs.gov ) 2. Employee Assistance Program Financial Training (see archive.opm.gov/employment_and_benefits/worklife/healthwellness/eap/) 3. Army Community Service Financial Counselors (see myarmyonesource/default.aspx) 4. American Red Cross at redcross.org/ 5. Army Chaplain Corps at chapnet.army.mil/ 6. Army Emergency Relief at aerhq.org/dnn563/ Army Career and Alumni Program at https://acap.army.mil/default.aspx 7. Youth and Childcare Centers at armymwr/family/childandyouth/default.aspx 8. Public Affairs at army.mil/info/institution/publicAffairs/ 9. Department of Labor at dol.gov/dol/location.htm 10. Behavioral Health Services at behavioralhealth.army.mil/ 11. MEDCOM Health Care Services at armymedicine.army.mil/ 12. Legal Office at https://jagcnet.army.mil/Legal 13. Morale, Welfare, and Recreation at armymwr/ 14. Defense Financial and Accounting Service at dfas.mil/ 15. MyPay at https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx (for changes to allotments, health savings account, Federal withholding and State Withholding. opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough-guidance/guidanc e-for-shutdown-furloughs
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