AMAC Foundation Newsletter – March
Your March 2022 AMAC Foundation Newsletter
_March 2022_
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Social Security Advisory Concierge Program Launches!
 
 
The first retail engagement under our recently developed Social
Security Advisory Concierge Program completed successfully Wednesday,
March 2 at Central Florida Electric Cooperative in Chiefland, Florida.
Beginning with a briefing on February 28 for the Cooperative's Board
of Directors and selected senior staff members, the engagement
followed with two full days of general employee briefings during which
our Advisory Staff covered the scope of the U.S. Social Security
system and handled questions on the material as it was presented.
Then, on the afternoons of March 1 and 2, our staff remained on
location to counsel individual employees on their personal situations.
Based on the experience we've obtained from this engagement and the
pilot program conducted last year at Sumter Electric Cooperative, we
are even more optimistic about the role that this Concierge Program
will play in the future of our Social Security Advisory Service! The
content for these briefings addresses the basics that everyone should
know, from benefit eligibility to how benefits are calculated, as well
as the critical issues that face folks approaching the filing decision
point. For example, like how early or late filing affect benefit
amounts, and working after claiming and before full retirement age,
just to name a few. We also cover the issue of how benefits are taxed
at the federal level, something important for filers to be aware of,
as well as issues related to spousal benefits, disability, and the
intersection of Social Security and Medicare. All in all, the Program
affords companies the opportunity to provide a critical service for
their employees in the area of retirement planning.
 
 
"Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the
deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits."
-Ted Deutch,-
_American Politician _
 
Social Security Update - 2022 Edition Video Now available
 
 
On Thursday, March 3, our Social Security Advisory staff conducted
its annual Update Seminar at the Lady Lake Library. As with our normal
practice, the seminar was live streamed for remote access, and the
session was recorded for posting on the Foundation's website. To view
the two-hour video, visit the website's "Videos"
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page and, if you'd like a copy of the presentation materials used
during the seminar, contact the Foundation office (888-750-2622 or via
email at [email protected]
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and we'll send you a PDF of the slides.
The photos below provide a visual recap of the event: (top , the main
presenters [L-to-R] Eileen Cook, Arlene Sharp. Ken Baron, and Russell
Gloor); middle, moderator Gerry Hafer); bottom, Ken Baron addressing
the audience.
 
Foundation Launches New Social Security Program
 
 
Our experiences with the Google for Non-Profits campaign over the
past year have demonstrated that the preferred way to deliver tips and
techniques about complicated programs like Social Security is via
audio recordings. Our "Ask Rusty" weekly program, for example, was
greatly enhanced with the addition of an audio release made available
to radio stations and loaded on our website for visitor access, and
the recorded versions of the daily drivetime program we ran a while
ago on Washington, D.C. Metro-area radio station WFAX continue to
generate considerable traffic for our Social Security Advisory
Service.
With the success of audio as a communication medium, we continued to
look for ways to deliver Social Security information in a format more
conducive to public interest (let's face it...reading back and white
reports about something like Social Security can lean toward boring!).
And we hit upon another approach that we're trying out starting this
month...a program designed to present 1- to 2-minute Social Security
related facts and tips, condensed in a way that intends to attract
attention. Initially, the brief recording will be posted on the
Foundation's Facebook page, and later stored on the Foundation
website's "Audios"
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page with keyword searchability.
The program will launch in mid-March, so let us know what you think!
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