Lumberton Township
Lumberton Township spent 14,554.57 of its opioid settlement money through 06/30/2026 on event food, care items, police overtime and one emergency squad payment with no stated purpose, and told the State it ran a harm reduction program.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Lumberton Township has received 95,360.62 in opioid settlement money since 2022. Through 06/30/2026 it spent 14,554.57.
- 2,919.65 of that bought hoagies, pretzels, cheeseburgers, water bottles, coloring books, bubble wands and stuffed bears. The Township certified all of it as harm reduction. Certified hoagies, pretzels and toys as harm reduction.
- 7,605.51 went to the Lumberton Emergency Squad in one check. The only description on any produced record is "OPIOD REIMBURSEMENT."
- 1,514.08 was police overtime.
- The Township told the State the money runs a program for its Police Department under the Schedule B strategy Treat Opioid Use Disorder, handing out naloxone and treatment referrals. The account has never bought naloxone or treatment. Certified OUD treatment, the books show food and overtime.
- Each year's certified spending ties to the books to the cent. The FY2026 figure for money on hand does not tie to the Township's own receipts. Reported 1,482.22 less on hand than its own figures show.
Summary
Lumberton Township, Burlington County, reports receiving 95,360.62 in opioid settlement money 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 add to local spending, not replace it.
The settlement money is appropriated in budget account G-02-05-707-000, National Opioid Settlements. The Township has appropriated 93,878.40 to it. The account paid its first charge on 10/24/2024. Through 06/30/2026 it paid 14,554.57 net of vendor discounts. A 634.16 Amazon order for storage bins opened on 08/31/2026.
This project classifies none of the spending as conforming. 2,919.65 of event food, promotional bottles and children's toys is non-conforming. The other 11,634.92 is unverified, because the records do not settle what it paid for.
What the Township spent
| Purchase | FY2025 | FY2026 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care items from Amazon | 1,242.10 | 1,273.23 | 2,515.33 |
| Coloring books, bubble wands and stuffed bears from Amazon | 186.94 | 235.90 | 422.84 |
| Police overtime | 522.79 | 991.29 | 1,514.08 |
| Lumberton Emergency Squad | 0.00 | 7,605.51 | 7,605.51 |
| Wawa hoagie boxes and catering | 607.65 | 775.66 | 1,383.31 |
| Soft pretzels | 47.00 | 204.50 | 251.50 |
| McDonald's cheeseburgers | 150.00 | 348.00 | 498.00 |
| Water bottles from Foremost Promotions | 364.00 | 0.00 | 364.00 |
| Total | 3,120.48 | 11,434.09 | 14,554.57 |
Food and bottles are net of 316.44 of vendor discounts.
The care items are socks, hats, gloves, scarves, backpacks, fanny packs, razors, soap, hand sanitizer and nail clippers. The same Amazon orders bought coloring books, bubble wands and stuffed bears. No distribution log or referral record for any of them is in the produced records.
No earlier payment from another fund matches a settlement purchase to the cent, so this project publishes no finding that the money replaced local spending. The Township has bought pretzels from the same vendor through its National Night Out trust in every year from 2018 through 2026 except 2020. The trust paid 400.00 for Emergency Services Night pretzels on 08/11/2026. The settlement account paid for pretzels in February 2025, April 2025, October 2025 and May 2026.
Foremost Promotions is the Township's giveaway supplier. Before and after the water bottle order it was paid from the Community Policing, National Night Out and Halloween Party trusts, the Fire Education Materials line and the police Office Supplies line.
The emergency squad payment
On 05/26/2026 the Township encumbered 7,605.51 to the Lumberton Emergency Squad on purchase order 26-00632. Check 1105 paid it on 06/04/2026. The description is "OPIOD REIMBURSEMENT." No invoice and no statement of what was reimbursed are in the produced records.
The squad's vendor history runs from 01/01/2019. Before 2026 the Township paid it from other accounts for thermometers, COVID supplies, a defibrillator, items described as EMS bullet proof and inserts, and vehicle lettering. The settlement payment is 7,605.51 of the 32,190.09 the Township has paid the squad since 2019.
The payment is about two thirds of the year's spending.
The payroll charges
Two charges are described only as payroll. The Township produced the payroll registers behind them. Overtime lines for police officers are marked by hand. The marked lines add to each charge to the cent, 522.79 on 10/24/2024 and 991.29 on 09/25/2025. The registers do not say what the overtime hours were worked on.
What the Township told the State
The State's fiscal year runs 07/01 to 06/30.
| Report | Received in year | Certified spent | Books, same window |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 19,424.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| FY2024 | 5,642.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| FY2025 | 55,802.83 | 3,120.48 | 3,120.48 |
| FY2026 | 14,490.61 | 11,434.09 | 11,434.09 |
The FY2023 and FY2024 reports certify nothing spent, and the account paid nothing in those years. The FY2024 report says the Township funded no program.
The FY2025 report names one program, Community Outreach. It names the Lumberton Township Police Department as the recipient. It gives the primary category as Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention and the Schedule B strategy as Treat Opioid Use Disorder. It describes the program as distributing "treatment referrals, recovery program information, and harm reduction tools such as naloxone." It reports 50 participants, 8 encounters and 12 referrals to treatment. It lists 80,870.01 as funded, the whole amount the Township reported receiving through that year. Its statement of impact describes an Opioid Outreach Event on 09/18/2025, after the year closed. The 3,120.48 it certifies as spent is the account's spending in the year to the cent. That spending is food, water bottles, care items, toys and police overtime. None of it buys naloxone, treatment or a referral service. Certified OUD treatment, the books show food and overtime.
The FY2026 report updates Community Outreach at 11,434.09 spent, again the account's spending to the cent. It reports 70 participants, 35 encounters, 35 referrals to treatment and 0 training sessions. It certifies 0.00 encumbered, and nothing was open on the account at 06/30/2026. It names the Chief of Police as the official who decided how to spend the money. Across both years, 2,919.65 of the certified program spending is event food, promotional bottles and toys. Certified hoagies, pretzels and toys as harm reduction.
The FY2026 report certifies 79,323.83 on hand. That is the budget balance of the account after the emergency squad check. It is not the report's own received figure less the Township's certified spending, which is 80,806.05. The two differ by 1,482.22. Reported 1,482.22 less on hand than its own figures show.
What the records show
The Township reports how much it spent to the cent. What it spent the money on is event food, giveaways, toys, care items, police overtime and a reimbursement to the emergency squad that no record explains. No produced record documents a harm reduction program, a naloxone purchase or a referral.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.