P.E.R.S. is the abbreviation for the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio. PERS is the state agency that administers our pension funds and health care benefits. They are the ones that send us our checks. P.E.R.I. is the abbreviation for the Public Employee Retirees, Incorporated. PERI is the Retiree political action association for all those who receive PERS checks.
PERI fights for our best interests and protects our pension and health care benefits.
Only PERI members can become PERI Officers and Directors. PERI membership and directorships are limited to PERS retirees because we know that no matter what other groups may claim, no one or no organization is more concerned about, or more committed to, protecting and improving PERS pensions and benefits than those who receive them . The Officers of PERI work with the administrators of PERS as one of their sounding boards for the opinions of retirees. Many times our members call upon us to help them with problems they are having with PERS services or health care providers. The rules and regulations for the operation of P.E.R.S. are set by the Ohio General Assembly.