Program misclassification

Certified shirts and storage boxes as opioid prevention

$366.21

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalScotch Plains Township

Program misclassification · Verified · Updated 10/04/2026 · 4 documents

The FY2026 report lists one program, Think Purple, at 1,288.69 funded and spent, a municipal-led prevention program for kids run by Recreation and Police (pp4 to 6). It files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training and names the Schedule B strategies Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms. Its stated impact is to teach kids not to use opioids. The books show what two of the four payments bought. Staples purchase order 2600323, check 15575 on 02/18/2026, paid 297.21 for storage boxes and bags for Think Purple MAC. JCM Associates purchase order 2601134, check 16331 on 05/19/2026, paid 69.00 for 2026 Lead Shirts. The same JCM check paid the other 4,100.00 of the shirt order from account 01-213-25-240-003. The two opioid account payments total 366.21. Exhibit E's prevention uses are campaigns, education and evidence-based programs. No listed use covers storage boxes, bags or shirts, and no record describes a program they serve.