Use the My Interactive Retirement Planner SM to find out how your financial decisions, assets and plan might affect your retirement. To apply, fill out the Self-Certification Unforeseeable Emergency Form (PDF) and return it to us via mail.Use this form if you want to: • request a distribution for a financial hardship due to an unforeseeable emergency. Ohio Deferred Compensation is a supplemental 457(b) retirement plan for all Ohio public employees. It provides participants with educational tools. Contributions and any earnings are tax-deferred (both federal and state income taxes) until money is withdrawn. Withdrawals are taxed at ordinary income levels.