Program misclassification

Certified an arcade trip and a tip-line fee as education

$8,756.23

Amount in this finding

FGrade FOakland

Program misclassification · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 3 documents

The FY2026 report lists one program, L.E.A.D., at 10,147.01 funded and spent (pp4 to 5). It names L.E.A.D. as the only recipient, in the category First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services. It gives the problem as education prevention, the purpose as education and the target population as children and young adults from 0 to 18. It reports 50 people served and 4 training or education sessions, with the primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training and the Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (pp5 to 6). It names the Police Chief and the Administrator as the officials who decided the spending (p2). The account paid five items in the period. Dave & Buster's of New Jersey received 6,256.23 for LEAD TRIP 2026 on purchase order 26-00570, check 2024, on 05/12/2026. Bergen County Crime Stoppers received 2,500.00 for a one-time membership fee on purchase order 26-00037, check 2004, on 02/24/2026. L.E.A.D. received 750.00 for K-12 Too Good For Drugs, check 1995, on 11/10/2025, 241.78 for Too Good For Drugs Grade 6, check 2002, on 02/10/2026, and 399.00 for the 2026 LEAD Conference, check 2030, on 06/09/2026. The five payments make the certified figure to the cent. 8,756.23 of it went to an arcade outing and a membership in a crime tip-line organization. Neither was paid to the recipient the report names. No listed use covers an arcade outing or a tip-line membership, and no program either one serves is documented.