Wantage Township
Wantage Township's reports to the State certify spending its books do not show, a paid Narcan order as not yet spent, magazine ads as opioid treatment and WISE costs its own journal moved off the settlement account.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Wantage Township reports receiving 18,574.24 in settlement money since 2022. Its account has paid 7,493.56 through 07/16/2026.
- The FY2024 report certifies 2,880.00 spent. The account paid 1,820.16 that year.
- 1,801.00 of that figure is a senior program the report says launched 04/30/2025. Its order was opened in June 2025.
- The same FY2024 report lists 990.00 of Narcan as not yet spent. The Narcan was paid for on 08/18/2023.
- The FY2026 report files 1,200.00 of magazine ads as opioid use disorder treatment.
- The FY2025 report certifies 636.17 for a senior program. The Township moved 635.17 of it off the settlement account the day it paid.
- The FY2026 encumbered figure is received less spent. It is not the 3,325.23 of orders open on 06/30/2026.
- The FY2026 report leaves out a 293.26 receipt of 05/04/2026.
Summary
Wantage Township, Sussex County, reports receiving 18,574.24 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.
Settlement money arrives in an unappropriated reserve, account 02-214-40-866-007. Once a year a budget journal moves it into the spending account, 02-213-40-866-007. Every payment is made from that account.
Of the reports filed with the Department of Human Services, only FY2023 agrees with the books. FY2024 certifies spending the account did not make. FY2025 counts a program cost the Township moved off the account. FY2026 files advertising as treatment and leaves out a receipt. FY2024 and FY2026 certify encumbered figures that match no open order. Read the Township's findings.
What the Township received
| Report | Received in the year | Received since 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3,216.38 | 3,216.38 |
| FY2024 | 8,293.55 | 11,509.93 |
| FY2025 | 4,490.54 | 16,000.47 |
| FY2026 | 2,573.77 | 18,574.24 |
The FY2023 to FY2025 figures equal the receipts printed on the Township's two settlement accounts. The FY2026 figure equals the receipts through 11/13/2025. The reserve also took in 293.26 on 05/04/2026, inside the year, which the report leaves out. FY2026 report leaves out a 293.26 settlement receipt.
What the Township spent
| Paid | Payee | Purchase | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/18/2023 | Baker's Pharmacy | Narcan kits | 990.00 |
| 09/14/2023 | Positive Promotions | Bookmarks | 215.00 |
| 09/14/2023 | Positive Promotions | Activity books | 603.20 |
| 04/25/2024 | Reimbursement | Garbage bags | 11.96 |
| 03/13/2025 | Center for Prevention and Counseling | Addiction 101 presentation, High Point High School | 1,800.00 |
| 06/12/2025 | Verde Environmental Technologies | 200 Deterra drug disposal pouches | 1,712.00 |
| 06/26/2025 | Centers for Prevention and Counseling | WISE program for seniors, six weeks | 636.17 |
| 12/04/2025 | Center for Prevention and Counseling | RISE advertisements | 1,200.00 |
| 07/16/2026 | Centers for Prevention and Counseling | Anti-drug and alcohol awareness announcement | 325.23 |
| Paid through 07/16/2026 | 7,493.56 |
This project classifies 2,702.00 of the payments as conforming. The orders name Narcan kits and Deterra drug disposal pouches, and both are uses Exhibit E lists. 4,779.60 is unverified. Prevention education and awareness media can be listed uses. But no order, invoice line or course material in the record shows what the presentation, the senior program, the advertisements, the announcement, the bookmarks or the activity books covered. The Township's report labels alone do not settle it. 11.96 is non-conforming. No listed use covers garbage bags. The account took that 11.96 back off its balance on 07/31/2024.
One order is open. PO 22169, encumbered 05/26/2026 for 3,000.00, reads Medical Center Van at Brookside Park 5/29/26. It names no vendor. It was still open on 08/31/2026. Nothing in the record shows the payee, the service or the terms.
The account also carries a credit of 635.17 on 06/26/2025, journal GJ 52, Move Charges on PO 21338. That is the WISE order, paid 636.17 the same day. After the journal the settlement account bore 1.00 of the WISE program. The other side of the journal was not produced, so where those charges went is not in the record.
The vendor histories the Township produced show the same prevention agency paid for Red Ribbon Week programs from other Township accounts in 2022, 2024 and 2025. On 12/04/2025 the Township paid the agency twice, on consecutive checks. The RISE advertisements, check 104985, went to the settlement account. The October Red Ribbon Week sessions, check 104986 for 900.00, went to account 02-213-40-702-926.
What the Township told the State
FY2023
The report certifies 3,216.38 received and 0.00 expended as of 06/30/2023. It lists one program, None as of 6/30/23. The account made its first payment on 08/18/2023. The report and the books agree.
FY2024
The report certifies 2,880.00 expended between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024. That figure is two programs and an administrative line.
| Certified | Amount |
|---|---|
| WISE, senior education, launch date 04/30/2025 | 1,801.00 |
| Youth Prevention, coloring books | 800.00 |
| Administrative expense | 279.00 |
| Certified expended | 2,880.00 |
| Paid by the account in the period | 1,820.16 |
| Difference | 1,059.84 |
The account paid for Narcan, bookmarks and activity books, and the garbage bag reimbursement in that year. No WISE order existed. The report itself gives WISE a launch date of 04/30/2025 and certifies the same 1,801.00 as both expended and encumbered. The WISE order was opened on 06/09/2025 and paid 636.17 on 06/26/2025. No administrative charge appears on the account in any year. The Youth Prevention figure, 800.00, sits close to the 818.20 of bookmarks and activity books, but does not equal it. FY2024 report certifies 2,880.00 spent, books show 1,820.16.
The same report certifies 990.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent. The only 990.00 item on the account is the Narcan, paid on 08/18/2023. No order was open on 06/30/2024. The report's unspent figure, 9,701.73, is the 11,509.93 received less the Narcan and the 818.20 Positive Promotions order. So the report counts the Narcan as gone in one line and as not yet spent in another. Its two program blocks give a third figure, 2,601.00 encumbered. Certified paid Narcan as encumbered but not yet spent.
FY2025
The report certifies 4,148.16 expended. Its three program updates are 1,800.00 for Youth Prevention, 636.17 for WISE and 1,712.00 for Deterra pouches. Each equals one check. Together they are 4,148.17, one cent above the certified total. The report certifies 0.00 encumbered, and no order was open on 06/30/2025.
The books do not stop at the checks. On the day the WISE check was paid, journal GJ 52 moved 635.17 of the WISE charge back off the settlement account. DJ 1051 had already taken back the 11.96 garbage bag payment on 07/31/2024. The settlement account bore 3,501.04 in the year.
| Record | Amount |
|---|---|
| Three checks | 4,148.17 |
| GJ 52, WISE charges moved off | -635.17 |
| DJ 1051, garbage bags taken back | -11.96 |
| Borne by the settlement account | 3,501.04 |
| Certified expended | 4,148.16 |
The report's unspent figure, 10,044.10, is the two account balances before GJ 52. On 06/30/2025 they held 10,679.27. FY2025 report counts WISE costs moved off the account.
FY2026
The State published the FY2026 report on 10/01/2026. It covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026.
It certifies 1,200.00 spent. That is check 104985 of 12/04/2025 for RISE advertisements, the only payment in the year. The report files the advertisements as a new program under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, adds Treatment, and selects Treat Opioid Use Disorder, Appropriate Opioid Prescribing and Dispensing, Training and Research as its Schedule B strategies. It says the program will help people in need of treatment and served 250 people. It gives the funding and launch date as 1/12/2026, 39 days after the check. Elsewhere it says the Township took out 4 articles in a local paper. Advertising space is not treatment, and no treatment program is in the record. FY2026 report files magazine ads as opioid treatment.
It certifies 1,373.77 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent. That is the 2,573.77 received less the 1,200.00 spent, to the cent.
| Record | Amount |
|---|---|
| PO 22169, Medical Center Van at Brookside Park, open | 3,000.00 |
| PO 22256, awareness announcement, open, paid 07/16/2026 | 325.23 |
| Open on 06/30/2026 | 3,325.23 |
| Certified encumbered | 1,373.77 |
FY2026 encumbered figure is receipts less spending.
It certifies 11,389.24 unspent on hand. On 06/30/2026 the spending account held 12,053.04, with 3,325.23 of it committed to open orders, and the reserve held 293.26 at its last printed date. The certified figure matches neither the cash nor the uncommitted balance.
What the records show
The account has paid 7,493.56. Only the Narcan and the Deterra pouches are documented as conforming. The FY2024 spending figure includes a program the account had not yet paid for and an administrative charge it never made. The FY2025 figure counts WISE costs the Township moved off the account. The FY2026 report files advertising as treatment and leaves out a receipt. Two encumbered figures match no open order.
The 3,000.00 order for a Medical Center Van is the largest commitment in the account's history. The record does not say what it buys.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.