For legislators and legislative staff
This project compares what each New Jersey jurisdiction certified about opioid settlement spending against that jurisdiction's own ledger. Both documents are published. The difference is computed from the rows.
What oversight already exists
2022
Funds begin flowing to subdivisions
New Jersey subdivisions began receiving opioid settlement payments under the national agreements.
JUL 2025
Comptroller report on Irvington
The State Comptroller issued 28 recommendations and called state oversight of local spending inadequate.
SINCE 2025
Human Services guidance
The Department of Human Services has issued guidance to subdivisions since that report.
2026
This audit
This project compares each certification against the ledger behind it, jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
Six of the 28 recommendations, plainly stated
Each status fills in when the publish pipeline runs. Until then every row reads as pending.
Require each subdivision to document how opioid settlement spending meets an approved use.
status pendingstatewideSupport every written certification with the underlying ledger entries.
status pendingstatewideReview subdivision spending reports at the state level before further funds are released.
status pendingstatewidePublish a public record of the settlement receipts and payments of each subdivision.
status pendingstatewideAdopt a written policy for settlement procurement and contract approval.
status pendingstatewideRecover payments that fall outside the approved uses.
status pendingstatewideSource: Office of the State Comptroller, Irvington report, July 2025.
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A jurisdiction can send a document that changes a figure and we republish the page. The corrections panel on that page carries the response with its dates.
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