The FY2026 report certifies 1,291,505.17 received since distribution began in 2022 (Q3, p1), 368,500.02 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (Q6, p1), 800,497.01 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent (Q7, p2) and 165,293.23 unspent and uncommitted on hand (Q9, p2). The City's four reports certify spending of 23,200.00 for FY2023, 190,526.00 for FY2024, 604,825.83 for FY2025 and 368,500.02 for FY2026, a total of 1,187,051.85. Add the 800,497.01 the FY2026 report certifies as committed and the total is 1,987,548.86. That is 696,043.69 more than the 1,291,505.17 the same report says the City has ever received. Receipts less certified spending leave 104,453.32, yet the report certifies 165,293.23 on hand, 60,839.91 more. The same report also restates FY2025 program spending (pp4 to 5) as 41,959.00 for Kiosk Funding, 163,395.83 for Youth Prevention and 374,687.25 for B. Support People in Treatment and Recovery, 580,042.08 in all. The FY2025 report certified 604,825.83 spent (Q6, p1), with 441,430.00 for the treatment program and no kiosk spending. It also restates FY2024 as 164,216.15 for Youth Prevention and 27,540.00 for the treatment program (pp5 to 6). The FY2024 report certified 164,140.00 for Youth Prevention and no treatment program spending. The reports cannot all be true.
How we know
NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2026, Jersey City, State ID NJ104
NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2025, Jersey City, State ID NJ104
NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2024, Jersey City, State ID NJ104
NJ DHS 2023 Opioid Abatement Report, FY2023, Jersey City, State ID NJ104