Chatham Township
Chatham Township has spent 7,716.41 of its opioid settlement money on public education, impairment goggles and drug disposal pouches, and its reports misdescribe where that money went in three of four years.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Chatham Township reports receiving 103,872.80 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2026. Its account has paid out 7,716.41 through 08/28/2026.
- The money bought a public service video, Narcan postcards, an opioid PSA mailing, a set of impairment goggles and drug disposal pouches.
- The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 spent. The account paid 100.50 on 04/28/2026. The same report's balance on hand subtracts that 100.50.
- The 2023 campaign was funded at 2,765.91 for a mailing, a video and postcards. The video and postcards, 1,919.00, were paid in FY2024. The FY2024 report calls them a new program. The FY2025 report gives the 2023 campaign 0.00 for that year.
- The FY2025 report describes a goggles program. 1,500.00 of its 4,850.00 bought disposal pouches.
- The FY2023 spending is a mailing the General Fund paid. A journal moved it onto the grant on 06/30/2023, the last day of the year.
The Township holds 93,592.95 of unspent settlement money in four accounts.
Summary
Chatham Township, Morris County, reports receiving 103,872.80 in opioid settlement money from 2022 through 06/30/2026. The national settlements list uses for the money, among them treatment, recovery, connection to care, prevention and harm reduction. The list is not exhaustive. Other documented, evidence-based programs that address the epidemic also qualify. In either case the money must supplement local spending, not replace it.
The Township carries the money in four grant accounts, G-01-60-788-023 through G-01-60-788-026. Only the first has ever paid anything. Through 08/28/2026 it shows eight lines and 7,716.41 spent. Nothing is open. The four accounts hold 93,592.95 unexpended.
| Date | Payee | Purchase | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/30/2023 | Journal 1982 | Opioid PSA mailing moved from the General Fund | 846.91 |
| 08/16/2023 | Video producer | PSA video production and editing | 1,250.00 |
| 08/16/2023 | MGL Printing Solutions | Narcan postcards | 669.00 |
| 07/16/2024 | Innocorp Ltd | Fatal Vision opioid goggle kit and shipping | 3,350.00 |
| 12/31/2024 | Rx Destroyer | Drug deactivation pouches | 1,500.00 |
| 04/28/2026 | Rx Destroyer | Shipping for the pouch order | 100.50 |
| Total | 7,716.41 |
This project classifies 3,116.41 of that as conforming. The opioid PSA mailing, the Narcan postcards and the disposal pouches each have an order that names what they were. Public education on overdose response, naloxone education and drug disposal are among the uses Exhibit E lists. The other 4,600.00 is unverified. The video producer's order lines name camera, lighting and editing work, not the subject. No session or school record shows how the goggle kit is used. No spending is classed non-conforming.
What the Township told the State
| Year | Certified spent | Paid from the account in the year |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023, through 06/30/2023 | 846.91 | 846.91 |
| FY2024 | 1,919.00 | 1,919.00 |
| FY2025 | 4,850.00 | 4,850.00 |
| FY2026 | 0.00 | 100.50 |
The FY2024 report also certifies 3,350.00 encumbered. That is the Innocorp goggle order, first encumbered 06/25/2024 and paid 07/16/2024. The unspent balances in the FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026 reports follow from the Township's own figures to the cent.
The FY2024 report describes a program of a PSA video and Narcan distribution at 1,919.00. The video and the postcards make that figure to the cent. The report says the Narcan kits came free from the State.
The 2023 campaign, reported twice
The FY2023 report lists one program, the Public Education and Collaboration Campaign. It describes a postcard mailing, production of a public service announcement and Narcan kit education. It gives the funding as 2,765.91, with 846.91 spent as of 06/30/2023. Asked whether it funded other programs, it answers No.
The video producer's order was first encumbered 05/25/2023 and the postcard order 06/02/2023. Both were paid on 08/16/2023, 1,919.00 in all. 846.91 plus 1,919.00 is 2,765.91 to the cent. The FY2024 report certifies that 1,919.00 as a new program, funded 06/30/2023. It says the 2023 campaign was a one-time event with no changes. The FY2025 report gives the 2023 campaign 0.00 spent between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024. Same PSA spending reported as a new program and as 0.00.
FY2026
The State published the Township's FY2026 report on 10/01/2026. It covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. It certifies 16,601.50 received and 0.00 spent. Asked whether the Township funded any program in the year, it answers No.
The account paid Rx Destroyer 100.50 on 04/28/2026, check 48453, for shipping on the 2024 disposal pouch order. The report gives 96,156.39 as unspent on hand. That is the FY2025 balance of 79,655.39 plus the 16,601.50 received, less exactly 100.50. The report subtracts a payment its spending answer says was never made. The amount is small and the purchase is a listed use. Certified 0.00 spent in FY2026 after paying 100.50.
The goggles program
The FY2025 report certifies one new program, Safe Decisions: Opioid Education Initiative, at 4,850.00. It names the Chatham Twp Police Department as the recipient. Every description in it is about opioid impairment goggles for high school students. The goals answer says the police department purchased Fatal Vision Opioid Goggles.
The goggle kit and its shipping cost 3,350.00. The other 1,500.00 bought Rx Destroyer drug deactivation pouches on 12/31/2024. The report never mentions them. Drug disposal is a listed use. The certified program describes only the goggles. Goggles program figure includes 1,500.00 of pouches.
The FY2023 mailing
On 06/06/2023 the Township ordered an Opioid PSA Mailing from the US Postal Service for 846.91. The purchase order charges General Administration Miscellaneous, an operating appropriation. A General Fund check paid it on 06/09/2023, the day 4,481 pieces were dropped off for delivery.
On 06/30/2023, the last day of the State's reporting year, budget journal 1982 moved the 846.91 off General Administration Miscellaneous and onto the settlement account. Its description reads "PO 23-01216 move charge to grant." The journal names no approver. It was the only movement on the account by that date. The FY2023 report certifies 846.91 spent, the journal to the cent. Certified a General Fund mailing moved onto the grant.
The purchase order names the mailing as an opioid PSA, and public education on overdose response is a listed use. Since 2018 the Township has paid MGL Printing Solutions, the printer of the Narcan postcards, for brochure and postcard mailings from operating accounts. No produced record shows the Township paying this cost from local money before. Whether the move freed local money is not settled by the records produced.
What remains
The Township's four accounts hold 93,592.95 unexpended. Its FY2026 report gives 96,156.39 on hand. The difference is 2,563.44. That equals the two settlement receipts of 04/30/2026 and 06/17/2026 in the produced revenue trail. The account budgets printed 08/28/2026 do not include them. Its FY2026 report states no strategic plan and no risk assessment, and lists no goals for the year.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.