Pine Hill Borough
Pine Hill held its settlement money for four years, paid 5,000.00 for an officer wellness program, then 5,405.00 for the 2026 National Night Out, and certified an FY2026 balance that already deducts the Night Out checks.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Pine Hill spent none of its settlement money from 2022 until 04/20/2026. Its reports for FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025 say so, and the books agree.
- The first payment was 5,000.00 to the police department's psychologist for an officer wellness program. The FY2026 report certifies it, and the books agree to the cent.
- On 08/17/2026 the account paid seven checks for the 2026 National Night Out. They total 5,405.00. The payees include Jump A Lot Rentals, Kona Ice of Haddonfield, Face Painting by Beth and Diamond DJs.
- National Night Out is more than half of everything the account has paid.
- The FY2026 report lists 5,000.00 of spending. Its on hand figure, 87,649.42, is the balance after the Night Out checks, to the cent. Read the finding.
- The FY2024 report certified 60,761.11 on hand when it said the Borough had received 26,181.87 and spent nothing. Read the finding.
Summary
Pine Hill Borough, Camden County, reported receiving 100,535.87 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 supplement local spending, not replace it.
The Borough produced the full history of its settlement account, G-02-800-101, National Opioid Settlement, from 01/01/2022 to 08/24/2026. The account was budgeted at 98,054.42. It shows eight payments, all in 2026, totaling 10,405.00, and a balance of 87,649.42. No settlement revenue account was produced, so the receipts on this page come from the Borough's reports.
Of the 10,405.00 paid, this project classifies 5,405.00 as non-conforming and 5,000.00 as unverified. Nothing is classified as conforming. This project publishes two findings for the Borough. Both concern the balance the Borough certified to the State. Read the Borough's page.
What the Borough told the State
| Report | Received in the year | Received since 2022 | Spent | Encumbered | Unspent on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | not asked | 19,271.31 | 0.00 | not asked | not asked |
| FY2024 | 6,910.56 | 26,181.87 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60,761.11 |
| FY2025 | 58,285.70 | 84,467.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 84,467.23 |
| FY2026 | 16,068.30 | 100,535.87 | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 87,649.42 |
FY2023. The report certifies nothing spent and no programs. The books agree.
FY2024. The report certifies nothing spent and no programs funded. It says the funds were not expended during the year. The books agree.
FY2025. The report certifies nothing spent and no new programs. It says funding decisions are in the planning phase. The books agree.
FY2026. The State published the report on 10/01/2026. It covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. It certifies 5,000.00 spent and nothing encumbered. The account paid one check in that window, check 8716 for 5,000.00 on 04/20/2026. The report and the books agree to the cent.
The balances
The reports' balances do not follow from their own figures.
The FY2024 report lists 26,181.87 received and nothing spent. It certifies 60,761.11 on hand. That is 34,579.24 more than it says the Borough ever received. The account shows no payment before 04/20/2026. Read the finding.
The FY2025 report lists 84,467.57 received and nothing spent. It certifies 84,467.23 on hand, 0.34 less. Neither report explains the difference.
The FY2026 report certifies 5,000.00 spent and 87,649.42 on hand. The account balance at 06/30/2026 was 93,054.42. 87,649.42 is the balance the account printed on 08/24/2026, after the seven National Night Out checks of 08/17/2026. It is the budgeted 98,054.42 less every payment through that date, 10,405.00 in all. The report lists 5,000.00 of spending and one program. The report's own figures, 100,535.87 received less 5,000.00 spent, give 95,535.87. That is 7,886.45 more than the certified balance. The gap is the 5,405.00 of Night Out checks plus 2,481.45 of receipts the account budget of 98,054.42 leaves out. Read the finding.
The wellness program
The FY2026 report lists one program, the Annual Department Wellness Training Program, at 5,000.00 funded and spent. The recipient is a board certified police and public safety psychologist. The report describes confidential meetings of about 50 minutes for officers, detectives and civilian records staff. It names the problem as secondary trauma from responding to overdoses and overdose deaths and from reviewing the reports and body camera video. It cites Exhibit E section I.2, wellness and support services for first responders who experience secondary trauma associated with opioid-related emergency events.
The account paid Jennifer Kelly PhD LLC 5,000.00 on purchase order 26-00520, 26 Officer Wellness Program, by check 8716 on 04/20/2026. The figure ties to the cent. The report gives the funding date as 04/20/2026 and the launch date as 08/20/2026, after the year it covers. It reports 25 people served and 25 sessions.
The vendor history the Borough produced shows the same psychologist paid 4,510.00 in 2025 from a miscellaneous services account, not the settlement account. The history labels those payments PEPE, Initial Hire PEPE and Critical Incident Debriefing. The wellness program is the only payment to her from settlement money. The vendor report was run for orders first encumbered from 01/01/2025, so it does not show earlier years.
This project classifies the 5,000.00 as unverified. Exhibit E lists wellness services for first responders who carry secondary trauma from opioid emergencies. The opioid description comes only from the Borough's own report. The purchase order reads 26 Officer Wellness Program. No contract, proposal or session record was produced to show what the meetings covered.
National Night Out
On 08/17/2026 the account paid seven checks for the 2026 National Night Out, a police community event. Each order was first encumbered on 08/13/2026 or 08/14/2026.
| Order | Check | Payee | Ledger description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-01074 | 9105 | Jump A Lot Rentals | NNO 2026 | 1,730.00 |
| 26-01075 | 9106 | Kona Ice of Haddonfield | 2026 NNO | 1,275.00 |
| 26-01079 | 9151 | Shapes by Sean | 2026 NNO | 280.00 |
| 26-01080 | 9099 | Face Painting by Beth | 2026 NNO | 600.00 |
| 26-01081 | 9100 | An individual | 2026 NNO | 560.00 |
| 26-01082 | 9172 | An individual | 2026 NNO | 560.00 |
| 26-01084 | 9092 | Diamond DJs | 2026 National Night Out | 400.00 |
| Total | 5,405.00 |
No record produced describes a prevention program built on the event. Community event rentals, food and entertainment are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. This project classifies the 5,405.00 as non-conforming.
The checks fall in FY2027, which runs 07/01/2026 to 06/30/2027. The FY2026 report does not list them as spending. Its on hand figure already deducts them.
What should happen
The Borough can restore the 5,405.00 spent on National Night Out to the fund and spend it on a listed use or a documented abatement program.
The State relies on these reports to verify compliance. The Department of Human Services can ask the Borough how its FY2024 report came to certify more money on hand than it had received, and why its FY2026 balance deducts 5,405.00 of spending the report does not list.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.