Program misclassification

Certified after prom parties at the Funplex as prevention

$20,000.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalHamilton Township

Program misclassification · Verified · Updated 10/04/2026 · 6 documents

The FY2025 report lists Project Graduation, 5,000.00 funded and spent, recipient Hamilton High School West, with the primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training and the Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (pp6 to 7). It says the grant let the school provide activities, entertainment, and refreshments for the senior class (p7). The FY2026 update certifies 15,000.00 more under the same program, expanded to after prom events at two high schools (p15). The purchase orders say what the money offset. Order 25-02087 covers a Hamilton High School West event of 06/03/2025 and a 1,000.00 payment the school made to Liberty Lakes for it. Order 26-01857 covers the Nottingham High School after prom event of 05/15/2026 and the school's payments to the Funplex, 2,000.00 and 10,000.00. Order 26-01858 covers the Steinert High School after prom event of 06/05/2026 and payments to J-Dogs and Any Excuse For A Party. Checks 618, 872, 873 and 915 paid 5,000.00 each between 05/20/2025 and 06/02/2026. Party costs, entertainment and refreshments are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. No prevention curriculum or evaluated program delivered at any of the events is documented.