Upper Township
Upper Township reports 36,239.06 in opioid settlement money received since 2022 and none of it spent, and its FY2025 report told the State it held 0.00.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Upper Township reports receiving 36,239.06 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2026. It reports spending none of it.
- Its only produced ledger print, for 2026, shows 35,344.73 budgeted and nothing spent or ordered.
- The FY2025 report told the State the Township had 0.00 on hand. It had spent nothing and transferred nothing. The next report puts the whole 30,447.14 back on hand.
- No report names a program, a plan or a decision on how to use the money.
Summary
Upper Township, Cape May County, reports receiving 36,239.06 in opioid settlement money from 2022 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 Township keeps the money on account G-02-41-798-591-299, National Opioid Settlements, Miscellaneous. Its Budget Account Status print of 05/27/2026 covers 01/01/2026 to 05/27/2026. It shows 35,344.73 adopted, 0.00 expended, 0.00 encumbered and no transaction line. No print for 2022 to 2025 was produced.
This project has no spending to classify. Nothing is conforming, non-conforming or unverified. Read the Township's findings.
What the Township told the State
| Year | Received in year | Received since 2022 | Spent | Encumbered | On hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7,313.31 | 0.00 | |||
| FY2024 | 14,588.81 | 21,902.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21,902.12 |
| FY2025 | 8,545.02 | 30,447.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| FY2026 | 5,791.92 | 36,239.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 36,239.06 |
Each report answers that the Township is a municipality and did not transfer its funds to the county. Each reports 0.00 of administrative expenses. None reports a funded program, a strategic plan, a risk assessment or public engagement.
Asked about its goals, the FY2024 report answers "A subcommittee has been formed but no formal decisions made to date." The FY2025 report answers "No formal decisions made to date."
The FY2025 balance
The FY2025 report covers 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025. It certifies 0.00 of unspent funds on hand from any reporting year. The same report gives 30,447.14 as all the money received since 2022, with 0.00 spent and nothing transferred. The FY2024 report had put 21,902.12 on hand. Add the FY2025 receipts of 8,545.02 and the total is 30,447.14.
The FY2026 report certifies 36,239.06 currently on hand. That is 30,447.14 plus the year's receipts of 5,791.92, to the cent. No report shows any of the money leaving. The FY2025 on hand figure leaves out all of it. Reported 0.00 on hand after spending none of 30,447.14.
FY2026
The State published the Township's FY2026 report on 10/01/2026. It covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. It certifies 5,791.92 received, 0.00 spent, 0.00 encumbered and 36,239.06 currently on hand. It funded no program. Asked which officials decided how to spend the money, it answers "No funds spent." Asked for how many years allocations have been decided, it answers "No current plans."
The 2026 budget status print agrees with the spending figure for the months it covers. It shows nothing paid and nothing ordered from 01/01/2026 to 05/27/2026. It does not reach back to 07/01/2025.
What is still open
The produced print covers five months of one budget year. A full account history from 2022, with the receipts posted to it, would show where the money sat when the FY2025 report was filed.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.