Cara
Cara B.
Perspectives Charter Schools, Chicago, IL
$13,135
Reclaimed
13 yrs
Unclaimed
Illinois

$13,135 sitting in the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund for 13 years. She always knew it was there.

"The worse you think it is, the less you want to look at it."

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Anamika
Anamika D.
Prince George's County Public Schools, MD
$11,071
Reclaimed
12 yrs
Unclaimed
Maryland

$11,071 sitting in a state pension fund for 12 years. Reclaimed in 56 minutes.

"I think about this $10,000 all the time. It's in my soul that I have money randomly somewhere."

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Caitlin
Caitlin F.
St. Paul Public Schools, MN
$9,728
Reclaimed
15 yrs
Unclaimed
Minnesota

$9,728 left in a state pension fund for 15 years. She always assumed it was fine where it was.

"I assumed the TRA was similar to a normal retirement account."

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Allison
Allison S.
Teach For America, Baton Rouge, LA
$7,273
Reclaimed
14 yrs
Unclaimed
Louisiana

$7,273 on a to-do list for 14 years. Recovered in under 30 minutes.

"It genuinely felt like finding money I didn't even fully realize I had."

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Hannah
Hannah C.
Chicago Public Schools, IL
$5,000
Reclaimed
16 yrs
Unclaimed
Illinois

$5,000 sitting in the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund for 16 years. Nobody told her it was there.

"I consider myself competent at filling out forms and reading the fine print, and it would have still been arduous to figure this out on my own."

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