Middletown Township
Middletown Township certified all 31,030.68 of its FY2025 settlement spending as administration though its books show a year of school and parent prevention programs, and its FY2026 totals tie to its ledger to the cent.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Middletown Township, Monmouth County, reports receiving 719,515.71 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2026.
- Its settlement account paid 205,399.19 through 08/31/2026. Another 68,818.35 sat on open orders, 60,000.00 of it two Uber Health ride orders with nothing paid.
- The money went to the Township's Municipal Alliance prevention program, Township payroll and a police course on opioid use disorder.
- The FY2025 report certified every dollar spent that year, 31,030.68, as administrative expense. The books show prevention cycles for students, parent presentations, a student leadership conference, drug education displays, pizza and giveaways.
- The FY2026 report certifies 160,914.57 spent. The account paid that figure to the cent.
- This project classifies 91,505.58 of the spending as conforming and 113,893.61 as unverified. It classifies none as non-conforming.
Summary
Middletown Township reported to the Department of Human Services that it received 719,515.71 in opioid settlement money from 2022 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. It must add to local spending, not replace it.
The Township appropriated 525,884.22 to account G-02-40-700-022-190, the 2022 Chap 159 Opioid Settlement Fund, and 143,281.26 to account G-02-40-700-025-232, the 2025 Opioid Settlement Fund. Every charge runs through the first account. The second shows no expenditure and no encumbrance through 08/31/2026. The first account shows no charge before 09/24/2024.
The Township's reports for FY2023, FY2024 and FY2026 match its books on spending. Its FY2025 report does not describe that spending accurately. Read the Township's findings.
What the Township spent and on what
Through 08/31/2026 the account paid 205,399.19.
| Payee or entry | What the ledger says | Paid | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Township payroll | Payroll under labor code 500106 Health Opioid Grant | 71,419.85 | unverified |
| ZSchool, LLC | Police training on opioid use disorder | 53,100.00 | conforming |
| Two prevention consultants | Alliance cycles for students and parent presentations | 22,550.00 | conforming |
| Journal Reference 6288 | 2026 BUDGET OPIOID S&W GRANT C/B | 20,000.00 | unverified |
| 4Imprint, Inc. | Graduation materials, supplies and giveaways | 16,130.62 | unverified |
| NIMCO, Inc. | Drug education displays and Red Ribbon Week materials | 6,421.78 | conforming |
| NJ State Elks Assoc. | Student drug and alcohol leadership conference | 6,250.00 | conforming |
| Garas Trans, LLC | Busing to the Elks conference | 2,391.00 | conforming |
| Costco Wholesale | Snacks, program supplies and prom pledge incentives | 2,264.18 | unverified |
| Naples M&M LLC | Graduation pizza | 2,204.00 | unverified |
| Drug Education Awareness | Alliance event facilitation | 700.00 | unverified |
| Zeek's Tees | Alliance apparel | 556.25 | unverified |
| Positive Promotions | Giveaways, set-up and shipping | 454.95 | unverified |
| Verde Environmental Tech. | At-home drug disposal pouches | 399.00 | conforming |
| Journeyworks Publishing | Drug and alcohol pamphlets | 393.80 | conforming |
| Fastsigns | Vape recycling signs | 163.76 | unverified |
| Total | 205,399.19 |
The payroll and the journal are 91,419.85, 44.5 percent of everything the account has paid. The labor distribution reports name the employees and units for each pay date. No position description, allocation basis or time record ties those hours to abatement work.
On 06/30/2026, the last day of the State's fiscal year, journal Reference 6288 charged 20,000.00 to the account. The same reference credits the Township's current fund line for Alliance salary, 6-01-27-330-101-101, by 20,000.00 that day. No voucher, employee or pay period for the journal was produced. This project classifies it as unverified.
On 08/31/2026, 68,818.35 sat on open orders. Two are Uber Health Wellness Wheels orders of 30,000.00 each, purchase order 25-00693 of 01/31/2025 and purchase order 26-00860 of 02/05/2026. Nothing has been paid on either. The FY2024 report described the plan as rides for residents to doctor appointments and prescription pick-up. No Uber contract was produced. The other 8,818.35 is Alliance orders for pizza, giveaways, snacks, education materials, disposal cards and two prevention cycles.
What the Township told the State
| Year | Received in the year | Certified spent | Certified encumbered | Certified administrative | Paid in the year, books |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023, through 06/30/2023 | 115,875.11 | 0.00 | not asked | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| FY2024 | 298,787.47 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| FY2025 | 161,779.09 | 31,030.68 | 116,700.30 | 31,030.68 | 31,030.68 |
| FY2026 | 143,074.04 | 160,914.57 | 65,795.40 | 74,094.14 | 160,914.57 |
The State's fiscal year runs 07/01 to 06/30.
FY2023. The report lists one planned program, a Crisis Intervention Team to send a counselor to overdose scenes. Its recipient, funding date and amount are given as TBD and its launch date as Not launched yet. No payment for a crisis intervention team appears on the account through 08/31/2026.
FY2024. The report certifies no spending and answers No when asked whether the Township funded any programs. It says the Township was planning an Uber Health ride program, a part-time ride coordinator, a per diem social worker and prevention education. The account shows no charge in the year. The FY2023 and FY2024 spending figures match the books.
FY2025. The report certifies 31,030.68 spent and the same 31,030.68 as program administrative expense. It lists no program. The account paid 31,030.68 in the year, to the cent.
FY2026. The report certifies 160,914.57 spent and 65,795.40 encumbered and lists five programs. Both totals tie to the books.
What the records show
FY2025 spending certified as administration
The FY2025 report describes the administrative cost as program consultants, program coordination and facilitation, and program, presentation and one-time event supplies and materials. It answers No when asked whether the Township funded any new programs in the year.
The account paid 44 lines between 09/24/2024 and 06/18/2025. Of the 31,030.68, 27,238.91 went to the Municipal Alliance prevention program.
| Item | Paid |
|---|---|
| Two prevention consultants, prevention services and parent presentations | 8,850.00 |
| Graduation materials, supplies and giveaways | 6,973.30 |
| Drug education displays | 3,589.70 |
| NJ State Elks Association student leadership conference | 2,650.00 |
| Graduation pizza | 1,616.00 |
| Snacks, supplies and prom pledge incentives | 1,433.66 |
| Busing to the conference | 930.00 |
| Event facilitation | 700.00 |
| Apparel | 496.25 |
| Township payroll | 3,791.77 |
| Total | 31,030.68 |
The FY2026 report files the same services as programs. It certifies Alliance Leaders cycles at 12,650.00, paid to the same two consultants, parent presentations at 1,050.00 and the NJ Elks conference at 3,600.00. Payments for the same services cannot be administration in one report and programs in the next. The FY2025 report gives the State no program name, recipient, category or result for any of the spending in the year. Reported a year of prevention programs as administration.
FY2026 totals tie to the books
The account shows 76 charges and one 40.00 credit between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026. They net to 160,914.57, the certified figure. They are 27 payroll postings of 54,174.14, the 20,000.00 journal and vendor payments that net to 86,740.43. The ten order lines open at 06/30/2026 total 65,795.40, the certified encumbrance.
The report splits the 160,914.57 into five programs of 86,820.43 and 74,094.14 of administrative expense. Four program figures tie to the payments to the cent.
| Program | Certified | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Operational Readiness for Police Officers | 53,100.00 | Two ZSchool payments |
| Alliance Leaders | 12,650.00 | Ten consultant payments |
| NJ Elks Drug and Alcohol Peer Leadership Conference | 3,600.00 | One check for two orders |
| Harm Reduction Parent Presentations | 1,050.00 | Three presentation payments |
This project has not tested the Outreach and Educational Materials figure, 16,420.43, or the administrative figure. FY2026 spending total ties the ledger to the cent.
The police course
The FY2026 report describes Operational Readiness for Police Officers as a four module course that prepares officers to handle crises involving opioid use disorder, covering naloxone, co-occurring mental health conditions and de-escalation. The report says three supervising officers took it first and asked for all 115 officers to be trained, and it counts 115 served. The account paid ZSchool, LLC 1,350.00 by check 36311 on 12/16/2025 and 51,750.00 by check 38507 on 06/25/2026. The report names the purchase and describes it accurately. Training law enforcement to address the needs of people with opioid use disorder is among the uses Exhibit E lists. Police opioid course ties to two ZSchool payments.
How this project classified the spending
| Classification | Paid through 08/31/2026 |
|---|---|
| Conforming | 91,505.58 |
| Non-conforming | 0.00 |
| Unverified | 113,893.61 |
| Total | 205,399.19 |
Conforming spending is the prevention consultants, the Elks conference and its busing, drug education materials, disposal pouches and the police course. Each has a program the FY2026 report documents and a use Exhibit E lists.
Unverified spending is the payroll, the 20,000.00 journal, giveaways, apparel, food, event facilitation and the vape recycling signs. The record does not show what program, if any, each served. Food and apparel are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. Giveaways can carry prevention messaging, but no record shows what was bought. None of it is ruled out.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.