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Atlantic County

8 jurisdictions in Atlantic County receive opioid settlement funds. They are the county government and 7 municipalities. Complete ledgers have been produced for 1 of them. 2 jurisdictions are graded F for certifying spending that does not exist in the books.

Complete ledgers · 1 of 8Records refused · 0Graded F · 2

Grade board · 8 jurisdictionsAtlantic County · provisional

Atlantic City Egg Harbor Township Galloway Township · provisional Hamilton Township Hammonton Pleasantville Somers Point · provisional

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Not yet graded
Records refused

County wide · county government and 7 municipalities · 1 of 8 with complete ledgers

Received$11,041,114.18Cumulative, as each jurisdiction last certified to the State

Spent, verified$1,298,955.95Summed from the ledger rows published here

Non-conforming$72,601.56Classified against the Exhibit E gates

Misreported to the State$164,557.72Certified figures the books do not support

Every figure is summed over the county government and 7 municipalities, from the published rows, in whole cents. A jurisdiction with no ledger adds nothing to spent.

The county government

Atlantic County is a recipient in its own right. Its reports and its books are compared here the same way a municipality's are.

Received$7,181,332.67Cumulative, as last certified to the State

Paid$1,204,098.22Summed from the county ledger

Misreported to the State$137,532.51Certified figures the county books do not support

Grade A · provisional · rubric v5Grade A · provisional

Reporting integrity · weight 50: 96.2 / 100
Spending conformity · weight 40: 82.54 / 100
Transparency · weight 10: 100 / 100
Weighted score: 91.12 · A

How grades work

7 municipalities

Graded jurisdictions first, sorted by dollars misreported to the State. The full column set lives in the statewide rankings.

Graded municipalities in Atlantic County, sorted by dollars misreported to the State, largest first
Grade	Municipality and patterns	Spent, verified	Misreported to State
FGrade F	Galloway Township Fake encumbrances · Funding-source substitution · Police vehicles and gear · Surveillance technology	75,944.72	Certified against books conflict27,025.21
FGrade F	Egg Harbor Township Fake encumbrances	18,913.01	No figure published
AGrade A	Somers Point	No figure published	No figure published

Not yet graded · 4

Atlantic City Records pending · Hamilton Township Not yet requested · Hammonton Not yet requested · Pleasantville No spending reported

What recurs here

Each family below groups the jurisdictions in this county carrying a finding of the same shape. Counts are sized by how far the family reaches.

Fake encumbrances

An encumbrance certified to the State with no open commitment in the books.

FFFindings

Funding-source substitution

Work previously paid from another fund moved onto the opioid account.

FFindings

Police vehicles and gear

Vehicles, upfits, body armor and equipment paid from opioid funds.

FFindings

Surveillance technology

License plate readers, cameras and related subscriptions paid from opioid funds.

FFindings

Findings in Atlantic County

The FY2026 report's update for Short term residential treatment #2 (p8) certifies 137,205.00 expended between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 and 72 participants served. The same page marks the program ended and states that the project has ended and there were zero expenditures in the reporting period. The FY2025 report (p7) named CURA as the program's only funding recipient, with 20,561.52 in total funding, none of it spent, and 3 clients expected a year. The certified figure is more than six times that funding. The County's Payments sheet for Grants Fund account 1200000000-538000 shows no payment to CURA. It shows six payments to AtlantiCare Health System, a provider the report never names for this program: 387.00 and 1,976.00 on 07/31/2025, 3,942.00 and 1,768.00 on 11/13/2025, and 99,216.00 and 29,916.00 on 03/05/2026. They sum to 137,205.00, the certified figure. The payment lines carry no description, and no order, contract or invoice for them was produced. The page cannot be true both ways. Either the program spent nothing, or 137,205.00 went to a provider other than the one the County reported.

3 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2025 report certifies one program at 18,543.61 expended. Its name and recipient are N/A. Its description is "Purchase of Heart Start Onsite AED & Accessories." It is filed under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, with the primary problem Reduction of Overdose Related Deaths and the Schedule B strategy Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms. Its performance indicator is "One time purchase of AEDs." Asked how the program addresses opioid use disorder, it answers N/A. The FY2026 report certifies First Responders Readiness at 27,704.00 expended, with the recipient Hamilton Township Fire Houses and the same description. It is again filed under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, with Treatment as a second category and 15 individuals served. The two reports certify 46,247.61 of opioid abatement funds spent on AEDs and accessories. An AED treats cardiac arrest. Exhibit E names naloxone and other drugs that treat overdoses, not defibrillators. No overdose program using this equipment is documented, and no listed use covers it. The Township has produced no ledger, so the payments behind the two figures cannot be traced.

2 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 343,453.47 of unspent and uncommitted settlement funds that the Township currently has on hand (p2). The same report certifies 278,799.11 received since 2022 (p1), the FY2025 total of 228,709.10 plus 49,336.48 received and 753.53 of interest in FY2026. The figure on hand is 64,654.36 more than every dollar the Township reports it ever received. The report also certifies 8,417.49 spent, so no more than 270,381.62 could remain. The certified figure is the Balance YTD on the account's audit trail printed 08/31/2026, a modified appropriation of 362,366.48 less 18,913.01 paid. An appropriation is a budget figure, and this one is 83,567.37 above the money received. The trail printed 06/04/2026 showed a modified appropriation of 310,366.20.

4 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 14,649.63 received in the year, 0.00 of interest and 66,664.57 received since the distribution began in 2022 (p1). It certifies 0.00 spent (p1), 0.00 appropriated or encumbered and not yet spent, 0.00 of administrative expenses and 98,902.12 of unspent and uncommitted money the City currently has on hand (p2). It answers No to funding any program (p3). The FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025 reports each certify 0.00 expended. On the report's own figures the City has received 66,664.57 and spent nothing, so it cannot hold more than 66,664.57. The certified on hand figure is 32,237.55 more than every dollar the report says the City has received. The City's two settlement budget lines, G-02-40-400-351 and G-02-41-604-000, printed through 05/27/2026, show no expenditure. The City's revenue prints record 54,097.52 of settlement receipts from 01/11/2023 to 05/27/2026. No receipt, balance or sum of them in the record gives 98,902.12.

6 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 278,125.52 received since 2022, 0.00 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 and no transfer to the county (page 1). It certifies 0.00 encumbered and 0.00 administrative, then 260,155.47 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (page 2). It answers "No funds were expended" twice and reports no program funded. The FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025 reports each certify 0.00 spent and 0.00 encumbered or administrative. With nothing ever spent, encumbered or transferred, the City's own figures leave all 278,125.52 on hand. The certified 260,155.47 is 17,970.05 less, and the report does not say where it went. No ledger has been produced for the period.

4 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 1,887,107.99 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1, question 6). It reports two programs for the year. Operation Community Engagement spent 933,862.60 (p4) and the Opioid Effect Mitigation Program spent 10,000.00 (p5). Together they account for 943,862.60. The other 943,245.39 is certified as spent with no program behind it. The certified figure equals the FY2025 report's 1,407,202.61 on hand plus its 52,075.00 encumbered plus the 427,830.38 received in FY2026, to the cent. The report then certifies 0.00 encumbered and 0.00 on hand (p2). The City has produced no ledger, so no payment can be matched to either figure.

2 documents · 10/03/2026

Documents

dhs report4 filesOpen

Municipal records7 municipalitiesOpen

Correction from Atlantic County jurisdictions

No correction received from this jurisdiction. If a figure on this page is wrong, send the record that shows it. The response is published here word for word.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does Atlantic County appear twice, as a county and as its municipalities?

The county government and each municipality receive their own allocations and file their own reports. The county's grade covers its own books. The municipalities are graded separately and rolled up on this page.The rubric

Did the county pass any of its money down to the towns?

Where a county made subawards to municipalities, the payment appears in the county ledger as a transfer out and on the receiving town's page as money received. Both sides are shown from the documents.How we trace a transfer

Which Atlantic County jurisdictions have not produced their records?

None has refused. Jurisdictions marked pending have a request inside the statutory window, and no letter grade is issued until the ledger is complete.Every town

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