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Program that works on behalf of individuals and/or groups to make sure that they receive the benefits and services for which they are eligible MORE INFORMATION Trellis Pension and Retirement Rights (formerly known as The Upper Midwest Pension Rights Project (UMPRP)) provides free legal counseling to assist retirees and pension plan participants who have questions or problems with their pension claims. The Project provides advocacy in cases where a pension is being denied. The Upper Midwest Pension Rights Project (UMPRP) is the agency designated to provide pension help for Minnesotans as funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging Pension Counseling and Information Program. Pension and Retirement Rights often helps workers, retirees and their families in these areas: * Filing claims and appeals to obtain retirement benefits * Obtaining and explaining retirement plan documents * Correcting benefit miscalculations * Assisting with recoupment actions * Assisting with suspension of pension benefits issues * Obtaining spousal and other survivor benefits * Locating retirement benefits from former employers

Learn more about a specific topic and how to connect to additional resources and services. MORE INFORMATION A U.S. Government agency that protects pension benefits in private-sector defined benefit plans - the kind that typically pay a set monthly amount at retirement. If a plan ends (this is called "plan termination") without enough money to pay all benefits, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) insurance program will pay enrollees the benefit provided by the pension plan, up to the limits set by law. Provides search tools that help people find: * Unclaimed pensions * Penson plans insured by Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) * Pension plans taken over by Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)