‘No benefit to waiting’: State initiative yields millions in claimed retirement resources

Thousands of former state or local government employees have collectively left behind millions of dollars in earned retirement benefits.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 1,113

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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First came the emails. Then, the phone call.

More than two decades each in public education had qualified Indianapolis residents Susan and David Hunnicutt to tap their state retirement benefits — years before they reached the full federal retirement age of 67.

Susan, who worked more than 24 years as a first-grade teacher, reading specialist and library media manager, retired in 2023.

“We didn’t really have a plan for when I was going to retire. …

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