Funding-source substitution

A group holding a 250,000.00 UEZ order got 200,000.00 more

$200,000.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade FLakewood Township

Funding-source substitution · Verified · Updated 09/23/2026 · 2 documents

The Township's purchase order history for vendor NJS24 NJ Rising Stars, Inc. shows purchase order 25003680, UEZ PROJECT 2022-08014-2049, 250,000.00, dated 05/30/2025 and still OPEN on 08/28/2026. On 08/04/2025 the Township opened purchase order 25005356 for 200,000.00, described in the history as 2024 SERVICES. The opioid account paid it on check 75928 on 08/08/2025 in two lines of 100,000.00, one for OPIOID GRANT FOR 2024 SERVICES and one for OPIOID GRANT FOR 2025 SERVICES. Half of the grant pays for a service year that had already ended. In November 2025 the Township added 3,500.00 of CDBG public service money for the same organization. No purchase order in the history names a substance use service.