Funding-source substitution

Diversion court cost 51,316.65 and reported no one served

$51,316.65

Amount in this finding

DGrade D · provisionalBergen County

Funding-source substitution · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 7 documents

The FY2025 report updates the Bergen County Central Municipal Diversion Court, the one program the County runs itself, at 51,316.65 expended in the reporting period (p38). It says the Prosecutor's Office was offered an additional year of funding. It reports 0 participants served, 0 services, 0 referrals to treatment and 0 on every other measure, and under Other it writes contract is encumbered. The only contract, 88,960.00 to Children's Aid and Family Services, was still unpaid (p39). The 51,316.65 is three journals. GJ 910 for 31,150.97 on 08/08/2024 is Prosecutor's Office staff time from 04/07/2024 to 07/06/2024. GJ 529 for 18,515.68 on 06/05/2025 is staff time from 12/29/2024 to 03/30/2025. GJ 1179 for 1,650.00 on 10/07/2024 is 500 printed Central Diversion Program folders, moved onto the fund from the Central Municipal Court budget. The three make the certified figure to the cent. The report records no participant, service or referral for the year. The money went to salaries already on the County payroll and to folders the court had ordered on its own budget.