Delran Township
Delran Township took in 172,873.98 of opioid settlement money through 06/08/2026, reported spending 482.69 of it, counted one 8,152.31 receipt twice, and certified cash on hand its own figures do not support.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Delran Township received 172,873.98 in settlement money across 28 receipts through 06/08/2026.
- For three years it told the State it had spent nothing.
- In FY2026 it reported 482.69 spent, on police overtime for a high school drug education class.
- One wire, 8,152.31 on 08/02/2023, sits in both its FY2023 and FY2024 receipts. Every cumulative figure since then carries it twice.
- Its FY2024 report put 125,917.00 on hand. It had received 105,459.96 by the end of that year, and its own report said 113,612.27.
- Its FY2026 report puts cash on hand 8,152.61 below its own receipts less its own spending.
- The Township produced its receipts and nothing else. No record of what the fund paid out was produced.
Summary
Delran Township, Burlington County, holds its settlement money in revenue account G-02-99-131-000, Unappropriated Opioids Settlement Fund. 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 add to local spending, not replace it.
The Township produced one record for this project, the revenue trail for that account, printed 06/08/2026. It lists every receipt from 12/30/2022 to 04/30/2026. It shows no spending, because it is a receipts record. No expenditure ledger, budget account trail or check register was produced. What the fund paid, if anything, cannot be tested from the record.
The receipts can be tested, and so can the reports against each other. The record shows these errors.
- Counted one 8,152.31 receipt in two years of reports
- Certified 125,917.00 on hand, more than it had received
- FY2026 cash on hand is 8,152.61 short of its own figures
What the Township received
The revenue trail prints 28 receipts totaling 172,873.98. By State fiscal year, which runs 07/01 to 06/30:
| Fiscal year | Received per the trail |
|---|---|
| FY2023 | 35,213.96 |
| FY2024 | 70,246.00 |
| FY2025 | 41,144.82 |
| FY2026, through 06/08/2026 | 26,269.20 |
| Total | 172,873.98 |
What the Township told the State
| Report | Received in the year | Received to date | Spent | Encumbered | On hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 43,366.27 | 43,366.27 | 0.00 | not asked | not asked |
| FY2024 | 70,246.00 | 113,612.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 125,917.00 |
| FY2025 | 41,144.82 | 154,757.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 146,604.78 |
| FY2026 | 27,888.43 | 182,645.52 | 482.69 | 0.00 | 174,010.22 |
The FY2023 report lists one planned program, Straight to Treatment, run by the Delran Township Police Department. It gives a proposed budget of 20,000.00, a funding date of 01/01/2024 and a launch date of 08/01/2022 with a volunteer. It says funds had not yet been disbursed. The FY2024 and FY2025 reports say the Township funded no programs and had not decided how to use the money.
The FY2026 report lists one program, Not Even Once (#NEO), at 482.69 funded and spent. The recipient is the Delran Police Department. The report describes a class for high school seniors on the risks of opioid use, taught by community policing officers. It says some officers present the class on their off time and are paid overtime. It gives a launch date of 6/4/2024 and a funding date of 6/3/2026, and reports 300 individuals served. School-based prevention education is among the uses Exhibit E lists. No payroll, overtime or expenditure record for the 482.69 was produced. That is a records gap. The books neither confirm nor contradict the figure, and this project does not treat the program as unfunded.
What the records show
The FY2023 report gives 43,366.27 as the amount received as of 6/30/23. The trail shows 35,213.96 received by that date. The 8,152.31 difference is the wire of 08/02/2023, which arrived after the period closed.
The FY2024 report gives 70,246.00 received between 7/1/2023 and 6/30/2024. That is every receipt on the trail in that year, and it includes the same 08/02/2023 wire. The FY2024 cumulative figure, 113,612.27, adds the two years together. The wire is counted in both. The FY2025 report carries the figure forward at 154,757.09 and the FY2026 report at 182,645.52.
The FY2024 report covers 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024. It certifies 113,612.27 received to date and 0.00 spent, and the FY2023 report certifies 0.00 spent before that. It then certifies 125,917.00 on hand. That is 12,304.73 more than the report says the Township ever received. The trail shows 105,459.96 received by 06/30/2024. The 125,917.00 equals that plus four wires dated 07/31/2024, totaling 20,457.04, which arrived a month after the period closed. Certified 125,917.00 on hand, more than it had received.
The FY2025 report shows the double count on its own page. It certifies 154,757.09 received to date and 0.00 spent in every year. It certifies 146,604.78 on hand. That is the trail's receipts through 06/30/2025 to the cent. Received less spent should equal on hand. The gap is 8,152.31.
The FY2026 report carries it again. It certifies 182,645.52 received to date and 482.69 spent, with 0.00 spent in every earlier report. That leaves 182,162.83. It certifies 174,010.22 on hand, 8,152.61 less. The double counted wire is 8,152.31 of the gap. The other 0.30 is a gap between two reports. The FY2025 on-hand figure, 146,604.78, plus the FY2026 receipts of 27,888.43, less the 482.69 spent, is 174,010.52, not 174,010.22. Neither report accounts for it. FY2026 cash on hand is 8,152.61 short of its own figures.
The FY2026 report gives 27,888.43 received in the year. The trail shows 26,269.20 through 06/08/2026, its last date. The trail ends before the year closed on 06/30/2026, so the 1,619.23 difference is not tested here.
What the record does not show
No record of payments from the settlement fund was produced. The Township's reports say nothing was spent before FY2026. The record can neither confirm nor contradict that, or the 482.69 reported for FY2026. The account that would carry the spending was never produced. That is a gap in the records, not proof the money was or was not spent.