Paid 816,392.00 in opioid grants with no program named

Between 07/11/2025 and 11/14/2025 the Township paid 816,392.00 from its opioid accounts to four outside organizations. Shalva High School received 120,000.00 on check 75508 on 07/11/2025 and 194,000.00 on check 77356 on 11/14/2025. Lakewood Community Services received 172,392.00 on check 75678 on 07/25/2025. NJ Rising Stars, Inc. received 200,000.00 in two lines of purchase order 25005356 on check 75928 on 08/08/2025. S.T.E.P.S. (Solutions To End) received 130,000.00 on check 76216 on 08/22/2025. A further 250,000.00 to Lakewood Community Services, purchase order 25006947, was entered on 10/10/2025 and was still open on 08/28/2026. Every line reads OPIOID GRANT FOR 2024 SERVICES or OPIOID GRANT FOR 2025 SERVICES and nothing more. No grant agreement, scope of services, application or report from any of the four has been produced. The Township told the State in its FY2024 and FY2025 reports that it funded no programs with the money. Those two reports cover the years before the first grant check. Every one of these payments falls in the FY2026 reporting year, 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. The State's FY2026 report file, published 10/01/2026, prints No Report Received for the Township.