Montgomery Township
Montgomery Township certified T-shirts, snacks, gift cards and party supplies as prevention, and its reports state receipts and balances its own books do not show.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Montgomery Township told the State it received 100,062.58 in FY2024. Its books show 23,115.96. The certified figure is its own spent figure plus its balance, added together.
- It certified 152,581.21 on hand for FY2026. That is more than every dollar its accounts show it ever received.
- Its FY2025 Red Ribbon Week program, 1,164.82 of drug prevention, was zipper pouches, popcorn boxes and movie gift cards. To the cent.
- Its FY2024 prevention programs bought 3,122.58 of T-shirts, snacks and Halloween decorations.
- It named Seton Hall University as the recipient of a 15,300.00 police course. The check went to ZSchool LLC.
- Its settlement account paid out 21,219.63 from 11/09/2023 to 04/03/2025. None of it is confirmed as a listed use by an agency record.
Summary
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 produced three account reports, generated 05/28/2026. Spending account 02-213-41-792-000 runs from 01/01/2022 to 09/08/2025. Grant account 02-214-41-792-000, where receipts are credited, runs to 05/06/2026. Receivable account 02-120-03-792-000 runs to 06/25/2024. A second production, printed 08/28/2026, added vendor payment histories for six vendors from 01/01/2018 and a reprint of the spending account from 04/01/2025. That reprint also ends on 09/08/2025. Read the Township's record.
What the Township spent
| Classification | Amount |
|---|---|
| Conforming | 0.00 |
| Non-conforming | 4,287.40 |
| Unverified | 16,932.23 |
| Paid through 09/08/2025 | 21,219.63 |
The non-conforming payments are items no listed use covers, certified as prevention.
| Purchase | Paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| T-shirts, CustomInk | 03/21/2024 | 2,956.50 |
| Zipper pouches, NIMCO | 11/14/2024 | 929.50 |
| Popcorn boxes and foam board, Amazon | 11/14/2024 | 160.32 |
| Snacks and water bottles, ShopRite | 03/21/2024 | 85.52 |
| Halloween table runner and creepy cloth, Amazon | 11/09/2023 | 80.56 |
| Movie gift cards for poster contest winners, ShopRite | 12/19/2024 | 75.00 |
| Total | 4,287.40 |
The largest unverified payment is ZSchool LLC check 86422 for 15,300.00 on 04/03/2025. The FY2025 report names the course Operational Readiness for Police Officers, Practical Strategies for Addressing Opioid Use Disorder and Co-occurring Conditions, for 35 officers. Training police on opioid use disorder is among the uses Exhibit E lists. The purchase order reads Certificate Program Operational Readiness. The invoice was not produced, so no agency record confirms the course content.
The other unverified payments are a New Jersey Prevention Network conference registration, 700.00, two staff hotel reimbursements, 272.42, Say Boo to Drugs glow bracelets, 436.30, mental health fridge magnets, 171.53, a yard sign, 38.00, and two ShopRite supply purchases the print does not describe, 13.98.
What the Township told the State
The State's reporting year runs 07/01 to 06/30.
FY2023. The Township reported 33,876.03 received and 0.00 expended as of 06/30/2023. The books agree.
FY2024. The Township certified 4,754.81 expended. Twelve payments from 11/09/2023 to 06/06/2024 total 4,754.81. It certified 100,062.58 received in the year and 95,307.77 unspent on hand. The report lists two programs, both under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training. Beat the Winter Blues, 3,220.55, was a February 2024 health event. The report says its costs were limited to supplies such as giveaway magnets. Red Ribbon Week, 1,534.26, was a Trunk or Treat in October 2023. The conference registration and hotel costs of May 2024 fall inside the Red Ribbon Week figure.
FY2025. The Township certified 16,464.82 expended. ZSchool 15,300.00, NIMCO 929.50, Amazon 160.32 and ShopRite 75.00 make the figure to the cent. It certified 57,753.36 received, which matches the books, and 90,890.08 on hand. Red Ribbon Week is certified at 1,164.82. The certificate program is certified at 15,300.00, with Seton Hall University named as the recipient.
FY2026. The State published the report on 10/01/2026. The Township certified 26,828.84 received, 0.00 spent, 0.00 encumbered and 152,581.21 unspent on hand. It answered No when asked whether it funded any programs. The spending account shows no payment from 07/01/2025 to 09/08/2025, where the print ends.
What the records show
The FY2024 received figure is a sum of the report's own answers. The FY2024 report certifies 100,062.58 received in the year. The grant account shows four receipts in the year, 23,115.96 in all. 100,062.58 is the certified spent figure, 4,754.81, plus the certified on hand figure, 95,307.77. Certified 100,062.58 received in FY2024, books 23,115.96.
The FY2025 Red Ribbon Week figure is three purchases. Zipper pouches 929.50, popcorn boxes 160.32 and movie gift cards 75.00 make the certified 1,164.82 to the cent. The report files them under prevention, with harm reduction and overdose prevention as a further category. Certified gift cards, pouches and popcorn as prevention.
The FY2026 on hand figure is larger than all the money received. Every receipt the accounts show from 08/24/2022 to 05/06/2026 totals 149,750.44. The report certifies 152,581.21 on hand. The two accounts held 128,530.81 at their last prints. The report also certifies 26,828.84 received in the year. The grant account shows 35,005.09 from 07/07/2025 to 05/06/2026. Reported 152,581.21 on hand, more than all money received.
The FY2024 programs bought T-shirts, snacks and Halloween decorations. CustomInk T-shirts, 2,956.50, and ShopRite snacks and water bottles, 85.52, are most of the Winter Blues purchases. A Halloween table runner and creepy cloth, 80.56, came out of the Trunk or Treat. Certified T-shirts, snacks and decorations as prevention.
The FY2024 on hand figure includes money that arrived after the year closed. On 06/30/2024 the two accounts held 52,237.18. The certified 95,307.77 is the spending account balance after a 08/16/2024 journal that brought in five receipts dated 07/03/2024 to 08/12/2024. Reported 95,307.77 on hand, more than it had received.
The FY2025 report names Seton Hall University as the course recipient and describes a purchase order agreement with it. Purchase order 40927 went to ZSchool LLC. The Seton Hall vendor history shows no payment after 03/05/2020. Named Seton Hall as recipient, paid ZSchool LLC 15,300.00.
The FY2025 on hand figure leaves out a receipt. On 06/30/2025 the two accounts held 93,525.72. The certified 90,890.08 is 2,635.64 less, the Walgreens receipt of 04/22/2025. FY2025 on-hand figure left out a 2,635.64 receipt.
The reports also add interest of 3,000.00 for FY2024 and 1,000.00 for FY2025. No interest posts to the accounts produced.
What was not produced
- Spending account 02-213-41-792-000 after 09/08/2025, which is most of the FY2026 window.
- Grant account 02-214-41-792-000 after 05/06/2026.
- ZSchool invoice 000729 and any course record.
- Any other account that received or paid settlement money, or a statement that there is none.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.