False characterization

Certified Juneteenth entertainment as opioid prevention

$1,100.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalHillside Township

False characterization · Verified · Updated 09/26/2026 · 1 document

The FY2025 report certifies 1,100.00 expended between 7/1/2024 and 6/30/2025. It lists one program. The program is named Juneteenth. The recipient is the Township of Hillside. The primary problem it addresses is "Celebrate Juneteenth." The program description is "Annual celebration of Juneteenth." The primary category is Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, and the Schedule B strategy named is Connections to Care. The program's statement of impact reads "Taking the opportunity to inform the public about opioid abuse during an annual event." The report names literature distribution as its measure. The opioid settlement account, 02-2131-41-5700-022, carries one purchase order in the period. It is 25HLSDPORD118795, dated 06/18/2025, to Taj Entertainment LLC for 1,100.00, described as "ENTERTAIMENT FOR JUNETEENTH - MAYOR'S OFFICE." The certified figure equals the purchase order to the cent. No literature or other purchase appears on the account. No evidence-based or evidence-informed program is documented, and festival entertainment is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. The listing shows no paid status, check number or payment date.