Evesham Township
Evesham Township certified a police pawn database as opioid treatment and two swim club party days as drug prevention, reported a payment to an individual as a King's Crusade event, and reported more money on hand than it had ever received.
Published 10/03/2026 · Updated 10/04/2026
TLDR
- Evesham Township paid 6,265.00 of settlement money for LeadsOnline, a database police use to search pawn shop sales for stolen property. It told the State the database was Treatment.
- It paid 32,056.76 for two days at a swim club for fifth graders who finished L.E.A.D. The bills are for admission, T-shirts, bracelets, pencils and giveaways. It told the State this was opioid prevention.
- The 2025 swim club day was first paid by the Municipal Alliance. A journal then moved the 14,161.34 onto settlement money.
- The FY2023 report says King's Crusade ran a 6,625.00 Recovery Day. The books show 6,625.00 paid to an individual as a youth peer leader reimbursement. King's Crusade was paid nothing that year.
- The FY2024 report lists 232,578.15 on hand. The same page lists 215,425.47 received, ever.
- In FY2026 it called 5,000.00 of stipends and payroll office supplies. The account bought none.
Summary
Evesham Township, Burlington County, reported receiving 355,899.76 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2026. The money must go to the abatement uses the national settlements list, or to documented evidence-based programs that address the epidemic. The listed uses cover treatment, recovery, connection to care, prevention and harm reduction.
The settlement account, G-02-41-825-001-300, paid 90,513.77 through 06/30/2026 and 101,263.77 through 09/01/2026. This project classifies 23,994.24 of it as conforming, 40,071.76 as spending no listed use covers and 37,197.77 as unverified. Read the Township's findings.
What the Township told the State
| Report | Certified spent | Books, same window |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023, to 06/30/2023 | 9,625.00 | 7,625.00 |
| FY2024 | 17,677.01 | 19,677.01 |
| FY2025 | 22,014.56 | 22,014.56 |
| FY2026 | 41,197.20 | 41,197.20 |
| Four years | 90,513.77 | 90,513.77 |
The FY2023 and FY2024 figures differ by the same 2,000.00 in opposite directions. It is a paint night for women in recovery, held 06/29/2023. The invoice is dated 07/20/2023. The Municipal Alliance paid it on 08/09/2023 and a journal moved it to the settlement account on 08/22/2023. The FY2023 report counted it as spent by 06/30/2023. On that date there was no invoice, no order and no payment. Counted an August 2023 payment as spent by 06/30/2023.
The FY2025 figure is net of a 2,500.00 Red Ribbon Week charge that a journal of 01/15/2025 moved back to the Municipal Alliance account.
The FY2024 report lists 232,578.15 unspent on hand. The same page lists 215,425.47 received since 2022. The two reports to that date certify 27,302.01 spent, so no more than 188,123.46 could remain. Reported 232,578.15 on hand, more than it ever received.
The pawn database
The FY2024 report certifies a program named LEADS Online at 6,265.00. It names the Evesham Police Department as the recipient. It files the program under Treatment, with the Schedule B strategies Treat Opioid Use Disorder and Connections to Care.
The same report describes what LEADS Online is. It is a database of every pawn transaction in the Township and many other places. Businesses that buy gold and jewelry record the seller and photograph the item. Police search it for stolen property and for suspects. The report says a larger than normal share of property crime is committed by people addicted to opioids, so finding them lets police refer them to help.
The account paid LeadsOnline Parent LLC 6,265.00 by check 132242 on 09/06/2023 for a subscription. That is the certified figure to the cent.
The vendor history shows the renewals.
| Paid | Account | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 09/06/2023 | Opioid settlement | 6,265.00 |
| 07/24/2024 | Police, data processing maintenance | 6,453.00 |
| 09/17/2025 | Police, data processing maintenance | 6,647.00 |
| 07/22/2026 | Police, data processing maintenance | 7,112.00 |
No treatment program using the database is documented. A police property crime database is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. Certified a police pawn database as opioid treatment.
The swim club days
L.E.A.D. is a drug and violence prevention curriculum that police teach in schools. The Municipal Alliance has bought the Township's L.E.A.D. supplies from its own trust account since 2019.
The settlement money paid for something else. The Township's quotation sheet of 03/20/2025 describes a day event for graduates of L.E.A.D. at Chartwell Family Oasis, a swim club. It lists food, drinks, snacks, crafts, sports, games, certificates, the pool, activities, giveaways and T-shirts, for 500 students at 29.95 each, 14,975.00.
The FY2025 report certifies the L.E.A.D. Day Camp at 16,174.56, under Primary Prevention and the strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids. It says the day aimed to honor and engage all fifth grade students.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Chartwell admission for 400 people and 350 T-shirts | 14,161.34 |
| Promotional products, Alliance and opioid event | 1,227.80 |
| Certificates and backpacks | 785.42 |
| Total | 16,174.56 |
Certified a swim club party day as drug prevention.
The 2025 day was ordered on a purchase order charged to the Alliance account, and the Alliance paid it in May 2025. On 06/18/2025 a journal moved the 14,161.34 from the Alliance account to the settlement account. The FY2025 report then certified it as settlement spending. Moved a camp the Alliance had paid onto settlement money.
The FY2026 report certifies 15,882.20 for the camp again and reports no change to the program.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Chartwell, L.E.A.D. Camp | 14,975.00 |
| Pencils and erasers | 518.40 |
| Silicone bracelets | 388.80 |
| Total | 15,882.20 |
The report's 1,750.00 encumbered is camp bags, paid 08/05/2026. No record shows a prevention lesson at the swim club either year. Certified a second swim club camp day as prevention.
The Recovery Day
The FY2023 report certifies a Recovery Day event at 6,625.00. It names King's Crusade as the recipient and says the event connected adults in recovery with their families and with services.
The only 6,625.00 on the books is a check to an individual on 06/28/2023, described as Reimburse Youth Peer Leader. The King's Crusade vendor history from 2018 to 09/01/2026 has no such payment. The Municipal Alliance paid the same individual for youth peer leader work in 2019 and 2020. Reported a youth peer leader payment as a recovery event.
The office supplies
The FY2026 report certifies 5,000.00 of administrative expenses. It describes them as office supplies, ink, paper, pens, hanging file folders and manila folders.
No office supply purchase posts to the account between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026. Four lines make 5,000.00.
| Date | Record | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 07/09/2025 | Opioid coordinator stipend, check 138257 | 1,200.00 |
| 10/15/2025 | Opioid coordinator stipend, check 139270 | 1,200.00 |
| 03/20/2026 | Payroll journal 6511, management of the opioid settlement fund | 1,300.00 |
| 06/26/2026 | Payroll journal 6599, management of the opioid settlement fund | 1,300.00 |
| Total | 5,000.00 |
No other set of payments in the year makes 5,000.00. The payroll journals name no employee. Paying someone to run the fund is a permitted cost. The report describes something else. Reported stipends and payroll as office supplies.
Where the money went
| Payee or purpose | Amount |
|---|---|
| L.E.A.D. swim club days and giveaways, 2025 and 2026 | 33,806.76 |
| King's Crusade, recovery events and a 2026 grant | 21,494.24 |
| Administrator and coordinator stipends, fund management payroll | 11,200.00 |
| Ancient Healing Pathways, opioid funding | 9,000.00 |
| Payment to an individual, youth peer leader | 6,625.00 |
| LeadsOnline | 6,265.00 |
| RAP Room programs and postcards | 5,872.77 |
| Elks peer leadership conferences | 4,500.00 |
| Paint night and art support | 2,500.00 |
| Total through 09/01/2026 | 101,263.77 |
The 2026 King's Crusade payment of 15,000.00 and the 9,000.00 to Ancient Healing Pathways are described on the books only as opioid settlement funds and opioid funding. No agreement, invoice or scope of service for either was produced. The FY2026 report says King's Crusade applied through a Township application process. The application was not produced.
What should happen
The Township can restore to the fund the 6,265.00 it spent on the pawn database and the 32,056.76 it spent on the swim club days and giveaways, and spend it on a listed use.
The State relies on these reports to verify compliance. The Department of Human Services and the Office of the State Comptroller should examine the FY2023 to FY2026 reports, who prepared them, and what records support them. The Township holds the agreements and invoices for the 37,197.77 that the produced records do not tie to a documented program.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.