The FY2026 report certifies 9,301,998.43 received since 2022 (p1), 3,450,417.37 appropriated or encumbered and not yet spent (p2) and 3,522,079.87 unspent or uncommitted on hand (p2). The County's four reports certify 3,858,216.57 spent in all, 0.00 for FY2023, 839,215.80 for FY2024, 1,260,932.21 for FY2025 and 1,758,068.56 for FY2026. By those figures 5,443,781.86 was unspent at 06/30/2026, and 1,993,364.49 of it was uncommitted. The certified 3,522,079.87 is 1,528,715.38 above the uncommitted figure and 1,921,701.99 below the unspent one. The books give neither. Through 06/30/2026 the settlement sub-accounts paid 3,560,944.38, which leaves 5,741,054.05 unspent and 2,290,636.68 uncommitted. The report states an amount on hand that its own answers and the County's books cannot produce.
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NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2026, Monmouth County, State ID NJ140
NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2025, Monmouth County, State ID NJ140
NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2024, Monmouth County, State ID NJ140
NJ DHS 2023 Opioid Abatement Report, FY2023, Monmouth County, State ID NJ140