Haddonfield Borough
Haddonfield certified a 2019 employee assistance contract as a new opioid program, kept paying it from its own budget, and has reported 23,503.50 more money received and on hand than its books show every year since FY2024.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Haddonfield has spent 12,621.00 of its settlement money. 1,890.00 of it is an employee assistance contract the Borough signed in 2019.
- The FY2025 report calls it a new program, funded and launched 07/01/2024.
- The settlement account never paid Cooper. A journal moved 1,890.00 onto it on 12/10/2024.
- The Borough budget paid Cooper 1,890.00 on 05/28/2024 and 1,890.00 on 04/28/2025 anyway.
- The other 10,731.00 is an online training subscription. No record shows what courses it delivered.
- The FY2026 report puts 129,265.82 on hand. That is more than the Borough ever received. The books show 104,388.54 left at 05/27/2026.
- Every report since FY2024 puts receipts and money on hand 23,503.50 above the books. The FY2024 report counted a 03/01/2023 receipt a second time.
Summary
Haddonfield Borough, Camden County, told the State it has received 141,886.82 in opioid settlement money since 2022. The money must go to the abatement uses the national settlements list, or to documented evidence-based programs that address the epidemic. It must add to local spending, not replace it.
The Borough keeps the money in two accounts. Revenue account G-02-41-700-016 records 18 receipts from 03/01/2023 to 05/06/2026, 117,009.54 in all. Spending account G-02-70-746-000-000 shows three charges through 05/27/2026, 12,621.00 in all. The Borough produced both prints as of 05/27/2026. It did not produce activity after that date.
| Charge | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Journal, annual contract for EAP through Cooper | 12/10/2024 | 1,890.00 |
| Vector Solutions, Target Solutions Edition, check 3586 | 03/24/2025 | 10,296.00 |
| Vector Solutions, maintenance fee, check 3586 | 03/24/2025 | 435.00 |
| Spent through 05/27/2026 | 12,621.00 |
No payment in the account goes to treatment, recovery, harm reduction or connection to care.
What the Borough told the State
- FY2023. Received 23,503.50 as of 06/30/2023. Expended 0.00. The revenue account shows 8,903.71 received by then. The spending account shows no charge before 12/10/2024.
- FY2024. Received 59,819.01 in the year and 83,322.51 since 2022. Expended 0.00 and encumbered 0.00. 83,322.51 on hand. No programs. The books show 50,915.30 received in the year and 59,819.01 since 2022. The spending figure agrees.
- FY2025. Received 34,905.11 in the year and 118,227.62 since 2022. Expended 12,621.00. 105,606.62 on hand. Two programs, First Responder Training at 10,731.00 and an Employee Assistance Program at 1,890.00. The year's receipts and spending tie to the cent. The books show 94,724.12 received since 2022 and 82,103.12 left.
- FY2026. Received 23,659.20 in the year and 141,886.82 since 2022. Spent 0.00 and encumbered 0.00. 129,265.82 on hand. No programs. The account shows no charge from 07/01/2025 to 05/27/2026. The books show 117,009.54 received and 104,388.54 left at 05/27/2026.
| Report | Received since 2022, certified | Received, books | On hand, certified | On hand, books |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 23,503.50 | 8,903.71 | 8,903.71 | |
| FY2024 | 83,322.51 | 59,819.01 | 83,322.51 | 59,819.01 |
| FY2025 | 118,227.62 | 94,724.12 | 105,606.62 | 82,103.12 |
| FY2026 | 141,886.82 | 117,009.54 at 05/27/2026 | 129,265.82 | 104,388.54 at 05/27/2026 |
The receipts
The FY2023 report gives 23,503.50 received as of 6/30/23. Revenue account G-02-41-700-016 is printed from 01/01/2022. It records one receipt before 07/01/2023, 8,903.71 on 03/01/2023. The next receipt came on 05/03/2024. FY2023 report put 23,503.50 received, books show 8,903.71.
The FY2024 report gives 59,819.01 received from 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024. The account received 3,040.15 on 05/03/2024, 40,149.53 on 05/06/2024 and 7,725.62 on 06/21/2024, 50,915.30 in the year. 59,819.01 is those three plus the 8,903.71 of 03/01/2023, to the cent. It is every dollar the account had received. The report adds it to the FY2023 figure of 23,503.50 and certifies 83,322.51 received since 2022 and 83,322.51 on hand. FY2024 report put 83,322.51 received, books show 59,819.01.
The 23,503.50 never leaves. The FY2025 report certifies 105,606.62 on hand. The account had received 94,724.12 by 06/30/2025 and had been charged 12,621.00, leaving 82,103.12. The book balance never reached 105,606.62 at any date through 05/27/2026. FY2025 report put 105,606.62 on hand, above all it got.
The FY2026 report certifies 129,265.82 on hand. The books through 06/30/2025 plus the 23,659.20 the report gives for FY2026 come to 118,383.32. That is the most the Borough could have received. Less the 12,621.00 charged, no more than 105,762.32 could remain. The certified figure is 23,503.50 higher. Reported 129,265.82 on hand, more than it ever received.
The Borough was asked for every account that received or paid settlement money from 01/01/2022. It produced these two.
The employee assistance contract
The FY2025 report lists a new program named Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at 1,890.00. It gives 07/01/2024 as the date the program was funded and launched. It describes counseling through Cooper hospital "to assist first responders and other employees who experience secondary trauma associated with opioid addiction." It files the program under the Schedule B strategy First Responders.
The Borough signed its EAP Services Agreement with The Cooper Health System on 06/15/2019. The agreement renews from year to year. It covers every full-time employee and their family for personal or emotional problems, at 30.00 per eligible employee.
Cooper's vendor history covers every Borough account from 01/01/2018 to 08/24/2026.
| Purchase order | Check | Paid | Charged to | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-01290 | 38791 | 08/17/2020 | Admin - Other Contractual | 1,890.00 |
| 21-01011 | 40006 | 06/22/2021 | Medical Expenses, Physicals | 1,890.00 |
| 22-02319 | 42349 | 01/23/2023 | Medical Expenses, Physicals | 1,890.00 |
| 23-01033 | 36 | 05/22/2023 | Medical Expenses, Physicals | 1,890.00 |
| 24-00791 | 1819 | 05/28/2024 | Medical Expenses, Physicals | 1,890.00 |
| 25-00794 | 3667 | 04/28/2025 | Medical Expenses, Physicals | 1,890.00 |
| 26-01280 | 8102 | 06/23/2026 | Medical Expenses, Physicals | 1,984.00 |
Every payment is charged to a Borough budget line in fund 01. None is charged to the settlement account.
The settlement account carries the contract once. On 12/10/2024 a journal, reference 1270-4, charged 1,890.00 to it as "annual contract for EAP through Cooper." No check went with it. That journal is the certified figure to the cent.
The program existed five years before the date the report gives. The Borough budget paid for it before the journal and kept paying for it after. Section D(7) of the agreement between the State and its towns, and N.J.S.A. 26:2G-39(f), require settlement money to add to local spending, not replace it. Charged a 2019 employee benefit to the settlement fund.
The training subscription
The FY2025 report lists First Responder Training at 10,731.00. It describes an Opioid Response Training Program for police and EMS on the TargetSolutions online platform. It reports that officers and EMTs learned to recognize overdose, give naloxone and connect people to treatment.
The account paid Vector Solutions 10,296.00 for a Target Solutions Edition subscription and 435.00 for a maintenance fee, check 3586, on 03/24/2025. The order was first encumbered on 12/10/2024, the same day as the EAP journal. The vendor history shows no other Vector Solutions order from 2018 to 2026.
Training first responders on overdose and naloxone is a listed use. No course list, enrollment or completion record shows what this subscription delivered. This project lists the 10,731.00 as unverified.
FY2026
The State published the Borough's FY2026 report on 10/01/2026. It certifies 0.00 spent and no programs. It says the Borough was trying to work with the Council of Churches on a nonprofit to address opioid addiction among homeless residents, and that "has not been accomplished yet."
The spending account agrees through 05/27/2026, the last date produced. At that date the books held 117,009.54 received and 12,621.00 spent, 104,388.54 unspent. The report puts 129,265.82 on hand.
What should happen
The Borough can restore the 1,890.00 to the settlement account and spend it on a listed use or a documented abatement program. It can produce the course records for the training subscription and the account activity after 05/27/2026.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.