Certified T-shirts and gift cards as harm reduction

The FY2024 and FY2025 reports file the Essex Health and Wellness Recovery contract under the primary category Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention (FY2024 p5, FY2025 p4). The FY2024 report certifies 16,840.80 spent on it. The FY2025 report certifies 57,688.23 on the 2024 contract and 17,965.26 on the 2025 contract. The FY2026 report certifies 87,628.00 more on the 2025 contract (p13). Each figure equals the Township's payments on the contractor's monthly invoices, to the cent. Those invoices bill 35,906.71 for items no listed use covers. T-shirts come to 28,507.40. Staff T-shirts, 120.00, on the June 2024 invoice paid by check 20795 on 07/17/2024. T-shirts for Montclair High School, 825.00, and an ad journal sponsorship, 950.00, on the October 2024 invoice, check 21916. Galaxy Printing T-shirts, 4,377.25, 1,087.50 and 217.65, on the February 2025 invoice, check 22837. A Foot Locker gift card for a high school student, 500.00, and T-shirts, 2,510.00, on the March 2025 invoice, check 23282. A second Foot Locker gift certificate, 100.00, on the May 2025 invoice, check 23880. Banners and T-shirts for fall athlete outreach, 2,355.00, and balloons, 29.80, on the August 2025 invoice, check 24389. Pompoms, wristbands, hair ribbons and sweat towels from Amazon, 724.64, on the September 2025 invoice, and T-shirts and banners, 2,235.00, and giveaway T-shirts for high school fall sports, 680.00, on the October 2025 invoice, both on check 25025. T-shirts, 10,550.00 and 650.00, on the February 2026 invoice, check 25844. T-shirts, 2,900.00, and Discountmugs.com tokens for outreach, 5,094.87, on the March 2026 invoice, check 26153. By report, 120.00 is in the FY2024 figure, 10,467.40 in the FY2025 figures and 25,319.31 in the FY2026 update. These are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no evidence-based program using them is documented.