Each report asks for the total received since distributions began in 2022. Through FY2025 the County's answers chain. The FY2023 report gives 468,750.64 received as of 6/30/23 (p1). FY2024 adds 279,353.46 received and 17,856.43 of interest for a total of 765,960.53 (p1). FY2025 adds 719,597.96 received and 22,041.98 of interest for 1,507,600.47 (p1). The FY2026 report gives 487,751.89 received and 56,033.68 of interest in the year, which makes 2,051,386.04. It certifies 3,147,712.72 received since 2022 (p1), a difference of 1,096,326.68 that the report does not explain. Either the FY2026 total or the earlier totals are wrong. The County produced no receipts detail before 05/01/2026, so the record does not show which.
How we know
NJ DHS 2023 Opioid Abatement Report, FY2023, Somerset County, State ID NJ211
NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2024, Somerset County, State ID NJ211
NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2025, Somerset County, State ID NJ211
NJ DHS Opioid Settlement Funding Report, FY2026, Somerset County, State ID NJ211