Florence Township
Florence Township spent most of its opioid settlement money on event food, flowers and dinner tickets, certified funnel cakes and face painting to the State as prevention programs, and filed reports whose received, encumbered and on hand figures its own books do not support.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Florence Township certified a dinner, a caterer, a deli and fundraiser flowers to the State as harm reduction. That program is 5,100.00 to the cent.
- It certified a 2,031.25 prevention program. The account bought funnel cakes, fried Oreos, hot dogs, chips and Italian ice for exactly 2,031.25.
- Its FY2026 senior prevention event is one 1,850.00 order from a funnel cake vendor.
- Its FY2026 National Night Out program is funnel cakes, fried Oreos and a face painter, 1,850.00 to the cent.
- The FY2026 report lists 727.00 of settlement money received. It is a discount on a vendor invoice.
- Two reports say more money was on hand than the Township says it ever received.
- Of 30,060.72 paid from the account through 08/31/2026, 15,565.15 bought food, flowers, dinner tickets and face painting.
Summary
Florence Township, Burlington County, reports receiving 73,331.50 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2025. 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 keeps the money in one account, G-02-41-711-000-000, National Opioid Settlement Funds. Money reaches it by budget realization journals, 66,864.31 from 09/20/2023 to 04/02/2025. Through 08/31/2026 the account paid 30,060.72 net and had 1,808.90 on order.
The Township's reports to the Department of Human Services certify food, flowers, dinner tickets and face painting as prevention and harm reduction programs. They report a vendor discount as money received and more money on hand than was ever received. Its FY2024 and FY2025 reports certify encumbered and on hand figures built from budget entries and arithmetic, not from orders or cash. Read the Township's findings.
What the account bought
| Purchase | Paid |
|---|---|
| Event food from Aunt Martha's, Palermo's and five other vendors | 12,215.15 |
| Fatal Vision opioid kit, driving mat and wheel, net of discount | 6,161.50 |
| Presenters for a youth summer series and a teen wellness series | 5,500.00 |
| Flowers for the Heroin Kills fundraiser | 2,000.00 |
| Pickleball clinic | 2,000.00 |
| Amazon supplies | 834.07 |
| Face painting | 750.00 |
| Heroin Kills dinner tickets | 600.00 |
| Paid through 08/31/2026 | 30,060.72 |
This project classifies 6,161.50 as conforming. The order names a Fatal Vision opioid kit, used by school resource officers in health classes, and school prevention programs are among the uses Exhibit E lists. It classifies 15,565.15 as non-conforming. That is the food, the flowers, the tickets and the face painting. No listed use covers them and no evidence-based prevention program they serve is documented. The other 8,334.07 is unverified. The record does not show what the presenters taught, what the pickleball clinic covered or what the Amazon orders held.
What the Township told the State
| Year | Received | Certified spent | Encumbered | On hand | Paid in the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 21,000.00 to date | 0.00 | none stated | none stated | 0.00 |
| FY2024 | 22,148.10 | 0.00 | 36,680.91 | 36,680.91 | 0.00 |
| FY2025 | 30,183.40 | 2,781.25 | 27,402.15 | 101,579.05 | 2,381.25 |
| FY2026 | 727.00 | 17,099.53 | 0.00 | 77,994.48 | 15,667.00 |
The FY2023 report lists three planned programs, for school prevention, police training and community outreach. Each is pending, with no amount.
FY2024
The FY2024 report certifies nothing spent and no program funded. It certifies 36,680.91 as encumbered and the same 36,680.91 as unspent and uncommitted. The account shows two budget realization journals in the year, 35,004.67 and 1,676.24. They sum to 36,680.91. Nothing was ordered. Certified money put in the budget as encumbered and unspent.
FY2025
The FY2025 report certifies two programs. Florence Outreach Event, 2,031.25, is a booth at a senior awards night, filed under Primary Prevention with the Schedule B strategies Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Harm Reduction. Purchase order 25-01205 to Aunt Martha's Famous Funnel Cakes makes the figure to the cent.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Funnel cakes | 625.00 |
| Fried Oreos | 468.75 |
| Hot dogs and bag of chips | 437.50 |
| Italian ice | 500.00 |
| Florence Outreach Event, certified | 2,031.25 |
Florence Community Outreach, 750.00, is two face painting orders, 350.00 and 400.00. The report says the face painter was there to draw families to a prevention booth. Certified funnel cakes and face painting as prevention.
Both face painters had been paid the same amounts from other funds. One was paid 350.00 for National Night Out from a Recreation line on 08/01/2023, then 350.00 from the settlement account on 08/27/2024. The other was paid 400.00 from the Municipal Alliance Grant on 05/16/2024, then 400.00 from the settlement account on 08/14/2025. Moved face painting paid from other funds to the settlement.
The account paid 2,381.25 in FY2025. The certified 2,781.25 adds the 400.00 face painting check of 08/14/2025, written after the year closed. FY2025 spending included a check written in August 2025.
The encumbered figure, 27,402.15, is the year's receipts less its spending. Two orders were open at 06/30/2025, for 900.00. Certified 27,402.15 encumbered with 900.00 on order.
The on hand figure, 101,579.05, is 28,247.55 more than the 73,331.50 the same report says the Township has received since 2022. It is the running budget balance the account printed after the 08/14/2025 payment. Reported 101,579.05 on hand after receiving 73,331.50.
FY2026
The State published the Township's FY2026 report on 10/01/2026. It covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026.
It reports 727.00 received in the year and 74,058.50 received since 2022, the FY2025 total plus 727.00. No receipt or budget realization posts to the account in the year. The only credit is a 727.00 discount on the Primo Prevention invoice of 12/04/2025. Reported a 727.00 vendor discount as money received.
It certifies 17,099.53 spent across five new programs. The account paid 15,667.00 net in the year. The SRO block counts the Primo Prevention order before its 727.00 discount. The Arts block is 705.53 above the payments that fit it. Certified 17,099.53 spent while the books show 15,667.00.
| Program | Certified | What the account paid |
|---|---|---|
| School District SRO Resource Program | 6,888.50 | Fatal Vision kit, mat, wheel and shipping, 6,888.50, less a 727.00 discount |
| High School Senior Outreach Event | 1,850.00 | Aunt Martha's, 1,850.00, for a school event of 06/11/2026 |
| Arts, Athletics and Wellness Series | 1,411.03 | Tennis clinic food 500.00 and Palermo's 205.50, 705.50 in all |
| Florence Community Outreach NNO | 1,850.00 | Funnel cakes and fried Oreos 1,450.00 and face painting 400.00 |
| Heroin Kills | 5,100.00 | Deli 500.00, Palermo's 2,000.00, florist 2,000.00, 40 dinner tickets 600.00 |
The High School Senior Outreach Event says it bought opioid awareness banners, pamphlets and refreshments. The account paid one funnel cake vendor 1,850.00 for it. Certified a funnel cake order as a senior prevention event.
The Arts, Athletics and Wellness Series says its vendors were chosen by request for proposals. The payments that fit it are 500.00 of food for a tennis clinic kickoff and 205.50 to Palermo's for a teen concert. Certified tennis clinic and concert food as prevention.
The National Night Out block is funnel cakes, fried Oreos and face painting. The report says refreshments and face painting draw people to the event. Certified Night Out food and face painting as prevention. It includes the same 400.00 face painting check the FY2025 report had already counted. Counted one 400.00 face painting check in two reports.
The Heroin Kills block is filed under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention. Its four payments make 5,100.00 to the cent. They buy food for the 10/18/2025 event, fundraiser flowers and dinner tickets. No naloxone, test strip or treatment service appears on the account. Certified a dinner, flowers and catering as harm reduction.
The report certifies 77,994.48 on hand, 3,935.98 more than the 74,058.50 it says the Township has received since 2022. Reported 77,994.48 on hand after receiving 74,058.50.
The report certifies 0.00 encumbered. Three orders for 1,545.03 were open on 06/30/2026, for a senior tailgate and teen wellness supplies. Reported 0.00 encumbered with 1,545.03 on order.
Events the budget used to pay for
The Township's vendor records show Aunt Martha's National Night Out food paid from Recreation lines in 2023, 600.00, and 2024, 1,246.00, and a senior athlete event paid from a Recreation line in 2024, 1,076.25. From 05/22/2025 every Aunt Martha's charge is on the settlement account, 7,681.25 through 08/31/2026. The Public Events appropriation fell from 23,500.00 adopted in 2023 to 9,250.00 in 2024. The food amounts differ from year to year, so this project publishes no finding on the food. The face painting, paid at the same price from other funds first, is a finding above.
Since 07/01/2026
From 07/01/2026 to 08/31/2026 the account paid 12,012.47 more. It went to senior tailgate food, the 2026 National Night Out, presenters for two youth series, a pickleball clinic and Amazon supplies. Food and a tent rental for 1,808.90 were still on order. The FY2027 report is not yet due.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.