{"id":855,"date":"2025-10-08T15:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:19:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:19:22","slug":"membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/about-us\/programs\/membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kathy Arpa<\/strong> \u2013 VFN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/contact-membership-program-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Membership Chair<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through advocacy, education, and community, members stay informed about federal and state issues that affect their future. VFN chapters provide opportunities for fellowship, service, and leadership development, while NARFE\u2019s national resources offer expert guidance on federal benefits and retirement planning. Together, our members ensure that the voice of every federal employee and retiree is heard\u2014loudly and clearly\u2014where it matters most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Membership in the Virginia Federation of NARFE (VFN) connects current and retired federal employees with a powerful network dedicated to protecting their earned pay, pensions, and health benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":410,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions\/1473"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}