To receive your ERFC benefit:
- Log in to ERFCDirectand select Intent to Retire located under Online Forms in the left menu.
- Once your Intent to Retire is approved, you’ll receive an email from ERFC outlining the next steps in the retirement process.
- Gather the following documents:
- Birth certificate, REAL ID, Virginia driver's license, government-issued identification card, or passport for you and your survivor (if applicable)
- Survivor's Social Security card (Survivor Option Only)
- Marriage certificate (Survivor Option Only)
If you don’t apply for benefits on the date you become eligible, benefits will not start
until ERFC receives the required documentation. Benefits can be retroactively paid provided
it is not more than 90 days from the date of application.
Are you over age 73?
If so, you need to start receiving benefits. Under the terms of the ERFC Plan and the Internal
Revenue Code, you must begin receiving payments from ERFC no later than your “required beginning
date,” which is April 1 of the calendar year following the later of:
(a) the calendar year in which you attained age 73, or
(b) the calendar year in which you retire
If you recently received information from ERFC about starting your ERFC benefits and have
questions, please call 703-426-3900 or email us at erfcretirement@fcps.edu.