{"id":37,"date":"2024-09-07T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T14:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:01:52","slug":"faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/resources\/faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Common questions with answers frequently asked by Chapter 1264 members and visitors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/04\/FAQ-graphic-767x575.jpg\" alt=\"Frequently Asked Questions Graphic\" width=\"224\" height=\"168\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is<\/strong> <strong>NARFE?<\/strong><br>\nThe National Active and Retired Federal Employees <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/about-narfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NARFE)<\/a><\/strong> Association has been protecting and improving the earned benefits of federal employees, retirees, and their families <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lpW80Z5axgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>since 1921<\/strong><\/a>. NARFE advocates for active and retired federal employees before Congress and the White House. NARFE endorses and supports legislation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@narfehq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>protect members<\/strong><\/a>\u2018 earned benefits and general welfare.\u00a0\u00a0For more information, see the NARFE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/%40narfehq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Why should I join NARFE?<br>\n<\/strong><\/strong>Membership includes advance information on changes to your federal retirement, health, and other employee and retiree benefits; an award-winning monthly magazine and exclusive website access; access to live and recorded webinars about employee and retiree benefits; special member discounts and eligibility for college scholarships and disaster relief grants. For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/membership-who-can-join\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Benefits of Joining NARFE<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u00a0<\/strong>or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/membership\/narfe-perks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NARFE Perks<\/strong><\/a> pages on our national website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How do I Join NARFE?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Call NARFE at 1-800-456-8410 (press 1), various applications follow<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-membership-application-0224-fillable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Member Application<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/07\/f-85.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NARFE Gift Membership<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dw-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dues Withholding Application for Current Member Retirees<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dw-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dues Withholding Application for New Members<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<div class=\"pe-button text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a \t\t\t\thref=\"\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-content  btn-primary \">\n\t\t\t\t<span>GO TO TOP OF PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Chapter 1264 answers to common questions members or visitors may ask for Michael P Palazzotto\/Suffolk NY. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1008,"parent":33,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1096,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/1096"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter1264\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}