Teaneck Township
Teaneck Township has spent none of its opioid settlement money, and its reports to the State give on-hand figures that its own certified numbers do not support.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Teaneck Township has not spent a dollar of its opioid settlement money. Its settlement account shows Expended YTD 0.00 on 08/31/2026.
- Its reports say it received 285,276.31 since 2022.
- The FY2025 report left 13,488.56 out of the money on hand. Nothing was spent to explain it.
- The FY2026 report puts 88,628.91 less on hand than its own figures give.
- The FY2026 report certifies 42,300.00 encumbered. The books show no encumbrance. The 42,300.00 is a requisition for a police course, and nothing has been paid on it.
Summary
Teaneck Township, Bergen County, reported receiving 285,276.31 in opioid settlement money 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.
The Township keeps the money in account G-02-55-000-000-183, National Opioid Settlement. The account's print for 01/01/2019 to 08/31/2026 shows no payment to any vendor or program. One journal charged 42,300.00 to the account and was reversed with the same date. One requisition for 42,300.00 is open. The Township has reported 0.00 spent every year, and the books agree.
The reports do not agree with themselves on what is left. Read the Township's findings.
What the Township received
| Report | Received in the period | Interest | Received since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 11,820.21 | 11,820.21 | |
| FY2024 | 53,919.12 | 617.74 | 66,357.07 |
| FY2025 | 62,921.75 | 1,050.61 | 130,329.43 |
| FY2026 | 154,347.40 | 599.48 | 285,276.31 |
The FY2023 to FY2025 figures foot. 11,820.21 plus 53,919.12 plus 617.74 is 66,357.07. Adding 62,921.75 and 1,050.61 gives 130,329.43.
The FY2026 figure for the year, 154,347.40, equals the adopted and modified appropriation of the settlement account. It also equals the appropriation of current fund line 5-01-41-720-000-002, Grants National Opioid Settlement Funds, which was charged off to the grant on 11/02/2025. The Township produced no revenue account, so the receipts cannot be traced to deposits.
What it spent
Nothing. The account's 08/31/2026 print shows Adopted and Modified 154,347.40, Expended YTD 0.00 and Encumber YTD 0.00.
Two entries dated 01/22/2026 cancel out. Journal reference 762, Reclassify expenses to grant, charged 42,300.00 to the account. Reference 779, Correct Prior Re-Classification, put it back. The record does not say what expenses reference 762 moved. The 06/09/2026 print of the same account shows reference 762 alone, with Expended YTD 42,300.00. Reference 779 first appears on the 08/31/2026 print.
The last entry is requisition R25-1415 for 42,300.00. It asks for a certificate program for 94 police officers at 450.00 each, Operational Readiness for Police Officers: Practical Strategies for Addressing Opioid Use Disorder and Co-occurring Conditions. The requesting department is Police Headquarters. The order date is 06/26/2025. It rests on a Seton Hall University Stillman School of Business quote of 01/27/2025, billed to the Teaneck Police Department, with checks payable to Zschool at Seton Hall University. The vendor of record is To Be Determined. A requisition is a request, not a purchase order. The account shows it under Requested YTD and keeps Encumber YTD at 0.00. Whether the course was given is not in the record.
What it told the State
| Report | Spent | Encumbered | Unspent on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 0.00 | not asked | not asked |
| FY2024 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 66,357.07 |
| FY2025 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 116,840.87 |
| FY2026 | 0.00 | 42,300.00 | 154,347.40 |
The FY2023 report lists one program, Opioid Prevention, Education and Community Outreach. It names the Township as the recipient, gives a funding date of 10/31/2023 and a launch date of 10/01/2024, and assigns it 11,820.21. No payment for it appears on the account. The FY2024 report says no programs were funded. The FY2025 report says no new programs were funded. The FY2026 report says no programs were funded.
What the records show
The spending figures are true. Every report certifies 0.00 spent, and the account paid nothing.
The on-hand figures are not consistent.
The FY2024 report counts all 66,357.07 received as on hand. The FY2025 report certifies 116,840.87. That is the FY2024 receipts of 53,919.12 plus the FY2025 receipts of 62,921.75, to the cent. It drops the 11,820.21 received through 06/30/2023 and both interest figures, 617.74 and 1,050.61. Nothing was spent or encumbered to account for it. All 130,329.43 the Township reported receiving was still unspent. FY2025 report left 13,488.56 out of the money on hand.
The FY2026 report certifies 285,276.31 received since 2022, 0.00 spent and 42,300.00 encumbered. On those figures 242,976.31 is unspent and uncommitted. The report certifies 154,347.40, the same figure it gives as received in the year. That figure is the account's unexpended appropriation, which still includes the 42,300.00 requisition the report calls committed. The received figure since 2022, 285,276.31, is the FY2025 total of 130,329.43 plus 154,347.40 plus 599.48. Either the report overstates what the Township received or it understates what the Township holds. FY2026 report puts 88,628.91 less on hand than its own sums.
The FY2026 report also certifies 42,300.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent. The account is appropriated at 154,347.40. Its 06/09/2026 print shows Encumber YTD 0.00 and Requested YTD 0.00, and it carries the 42,300.00 as Expended YTD under reference 762. Its 08/31/2026 print shows Encumber YTD 0.00 again, with the 42,300.00 as requisition R25-1415 under Requested YTD. No purchase order was produced. The books never show the encumbrance the report certifies. FY2026 report claims 42,300.00 encumbered, books show none.
The FY2025 report certified 0.00 encumbered. The requisition form carries an order date of 06/26/2025, inside that year.
What is missing
The Township did not produce a revenue account, a voucher or an approver for journal references 762 and 779, or any purchase order or invoice for the police course. Without the revenue account, the receipts in the reports cannot be tied to deposits.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.