Thinking about retirement? FLARE illuminates the journey to financial security

FLARE offers retirement resources, such as retirement and education planning courses, to help UF employees find the balance between making ends meet today and a comfortable future. FLARE courses can help employees make educated decisions regarding personal finance and retirement.

Upcoming FLARE spring courses can be found below. Summer class information will be coming soon. Class sizes are limited, so sign up through myTraining today.

To register for upcoming FLARE workshops, log in to myUFL and navigate to: Main Menu > My Self Service > Training and Development > myTraining

GET603 Social Security & Your Retirement
Monday, March 12, 2-4 p.m.
This workshop discusses the role of Social Security in retirement planning.

GET140 Medicare
Monday, March 26, 2-4 p.m.
This program will provide unbiased information on Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare supplemental insurance, long-term care insurance, prescription assistance and Medicare fraud.

GET124 Sharpening Investment Skills
Monday, April 9, 2-4 p.m.
This workshop will discuss strategies that can help maximize investment earnings in any economic environment.

GET573 Florida Retirement System/DROP Workshop
Friday, April 27, 9-11 a.m.
This workshop will offer an understanding of the Florida Pension Plan and the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) through a review of current tools, including videos and webcasts, and will cover pertinent topics like how to use online resources, apply for retirement or DROP, and convert health and life coverage.