Florence Township
- 01Certified a dinner, flowers and catering as harm reduction5,100.00
- 02Certified funnel cakes and face painting as prevention2,781.25
- 03Certified a funnel cake order as a senior prevention event1,850.00
- 04Certified Night Out food and face painting as prevention1,850.00
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Florence Township has received $74,058.50 in opioid settlement funds and spent $30,060.72 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $1,432.53.
The money, four ways.
Four figures describe the same settlement money. Each one comes from a different document.
Certified against the books,
every report year.
Every year this jurisdiction has filed, and the year it has not. The match on each row is computed from the rows, not judged.
filed
- Program name
- Florence Township Community Outreach
- Recipient
- Speakers, Presenters, Outreach Organizations
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $21,000.00
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $36,680.91
- Received to date
- $43,148.10
filed
- Program name
- Florence Community Outreach
- Recipient
- Florence Township/Municipal Alliance
- Recipient category
- Community Based Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations; County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $2,781.25
- Unspent on hand
- $101,579.05
- Received to date
- $73,331.50
filed
- Program name
- Arts, Athletics and Wellness Series
- Recipient
- Florence Township/Municipal Alliance
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Programs listed
- 7
- Amount expended
- $17,099.53
- Unspent on hand
- $77,994.48
- Received to date
- $74,058.50
15 findings.
Every finding is verified to the documents in its own row. An inference is labelled as one.
Red with the marker: a certified figure the books contradict.
The FY2026 report certifies Heroin Kills at 5,100.00 funded and spent, with Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention as its primary category and the Schedule B strategies Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms (pp17 to 19).
It describes an annual gathering where dinner is provided (p17). The account shows what the 5,100.00 bought. Vinny G's Bagel and Deli order 25-02054, National Opioid Event 10/18/25, 500.00 by check 53868 on 10/16/2025. Palermo's order 25-02095, 2025 Heroin Kills Event, 2,000.00 by check 53889 on 10/27/2025. Wayside Florist order 25-02094, Heroin Kills fundraiser flowers, 2,000.00 by check 54138 on 12/18/2025. Heroin Kills NJ order 25-02128, event dinner 10/18/25 for 40 tickets, 600.00 by check 54585 on 05/07/2026. The four make 5,100.00 to the cent. No naloxone, test strip, treatment or overdose service appears on the account. Catering, flowers and dinner tickets are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers them.
program-misclassification · 6 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies two programs and 2,781.25 expended.
Florence Outreach Event, 2,031.25, is filed under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with the Schedule B strategies Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms (pp2 to 4). Florence Community Outreach, 750.00, is filed under the same category with the strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (pp4 to 6). Both name the Municipal Alliance as a recipient. The account shows what the two figures bought. Purchase order 25-01205 to Aunt Martha's Famous Funnel Cakes, check 53351 on 06/19/2025, is funnel cakes 625.00, fried Oreos 468.75, hot dogs and chips 437.50 and Italian ice 500.00, which make 2,031.25 to the cent. Two face painting orders, 350.00 by check 52256 on 08/27/2024 and 400.00 by check 53565 on 08/14/2025, make 750.00 to the cent. No pamphlet, printed material, presenter or prevention service appears on the account for either program. The report itself says water ice and a face painter were used to draw visitors to a booth. No listed use covers event food or face painting, and no evidence-based prevention program they serve is documented.
program-misclassification · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies High School Senior Outreach Event at 1,850.00 funded and spent, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with the Schedule B strategies Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms (pp8 to 9).
It says the purchase covered opioid awareness banners, educational pamphlets and refreshments (p10). The account shows one payment for the program, Aunt Martha's Funnel Cake order 26-00913, described as FTHS Drug Prev. Event 6/11/26, 1,850.00 by check 54741 on 06/18/2026. No banner, pamphlet or printing appears on the account. Event food is not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers it.
program-misclassification · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies Florence Community Outreach NNO at 1,850.00 funded and spent, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with five Schedule B strategies including Connections to Care and First Responders (pp13 to 15).
It names printing pamphlets, drug deactivation bags or a local clinician as the costs of the booth (p16). The account shows two payments for the program. Aunt Martha's order 25-01658, funnel cakes and fried Oreos, 1,450.00 by check 53654 on 09/04/2025. Face painting order 25-01204, 400.00 by check 53565 on 08/14/2025. They make 1,850.00 to the cent. The report itself says refreshments and face painting draw people to the event (pp15 to 16). No pamphlet, deactivation bag or clinician appears on the account. Event food and face painting are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers them.
program-misclassification · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies Arts, Athletics and Wellness Series at 1,411.03 funded and spent, funded 07/11/2025, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training with the Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (pp10 to 12).
It says the vendors were chosen by request for proposals (p13). The account shows two small orders that fit the series. Aunt Martha's Famous Funnel Cakes order 25-01362, Tennis Clinic Kick Off 6/21/25, 500.00 by check 53449 on 07/11/2025. Palermo's order 25-01503, 2025 Princeton School of Rock, 205.50 by check 53536 on 08/07/2025. Together they are 705.50. No payment from 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026 accounts for the other 705.53 of the certified figure. Event food is not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers it.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 727.00 in opioid abatement funds received between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 and 74,058.50 received since 2022 (p1).
The FY2025 report had certified 73,331.50 received since 2022 (p1). The new cumulative figure is the old one plus 727.00. The only credit posted to settlement account G-02-41-711-000-000 from 07/01/2025 through 08/31/2026 is a 727.00 discount on Primo Prevention purchase order 25-02027, taken on check 54013 on 12/04/2025. No receipt or budget realization posts to the account in that period. The figure the report gives as settlement money received is a vendor discount. The Township's true FY2026 receipts are not shown, because no revenue ledger was produced.
misreported-receipts · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 17,099.53 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1).
That is the sum of its five new program blocks (pp5 to 19). The account paid 16,394.00 in the period and took back a 727.00 discount on check 54013 of 12/04/2025, so 15,667.00 left it. The report is 1,432.53 above the books. The School District SRO Resource Program block counts the Primo Prevention order at 6,888.50 before the 727.00 discount. The Arts, Athletics and Wellness Series block is 705.53 above the two payments that fit it. 727.00 and 705.53 make the 1,432.53.
misreported-expenditure · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 77,994.48 of unspent opioid abatement funds on hand and 74,058.50 received since 2022 (pp1 to 2).
The on hand figure is 3,935.98 more than the Township says it ever received. The Township's reports certify 2,781.25 spent in FY2025 and 17,099.53 in FY2026. Received less certified spending is 54,177.72. The account's printed balance on 06/30/2026, after the 06/18/2026 payment, is 87,017.55, which includes a 38,201.49 appropriation entered under Chapter 159. No balance on the account prints 77,994.48. Neither the receipts nor the books support the on hand figure.
unspent-misstated · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 101,579.05 of unspent opioid abatement funds on hand and 73,331.50 received since 2022 (p1).
The on hand figure is 28,247.55 more than the Township says it ever received. It is the running balance the Budget Transaction Audit Trail prints for account G-02-41-711-000-000 after the 08/14/2025 face painting payment, six weeks after the period closed. That balance starts from a 38,201.49 appropriation entered under Chapter 159 and adds the budget realization journals. It already deducts the 07/11/2025, 08/07/2025 and 08/14/2025 payments. The balance the same print shows at 06/30/2025 is 102,684.55. Neither balance measures settlement money on hand.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/03/2026Face painting order 25-01204 was encumbered on 05/22/2025 and paid by check 53565 on 08/14/2025.
The FY2025 report counts it inside Florence Community Outreach, 750.00, with a 350.00 face painting payment of 08/27/2024 (p5). The FY2026 report counts it again inside Florence Community Outreach NNO, 1,850.00 spent (p14). That block is the 400.00 check plus 1,450.00 of funnel cakes and fried Oreos from Aunt Martha's, check 53654 on 09/04/2025, to the cent. The same 400.00 payment is certified as spent in both years.
misreported-expenditure · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 0.00 expended, 36,680.91 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent, and 36,680.91 unspent and uncommitted on hand (p1).
It says no program was funded (p2). The account shows two budget realization journals in the period, 35,004.67 on 09/20/2023 and 1,676.24 on 05/16/2024. They sum to 36,680.91. No purchase order was issued and nothing was bought from the account in the period. The report certifies the same 36,680.91 as committed and as uncommitted. It also leaves 6,467.19 of the 43,148.10 it reports received out of the on hand figure.
fake-encumbrance · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 30,183.40 received in the period, 2,781.25 expended and 27,402.15 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent (p1).
30,183.40 less 2,781.25 is 27,402.15. On 06/30/2025 two orders were open on the account, face painting order 25-01204 for 400.00, encumbered 05/22/2025, and Aunt Martha's tennis clinic order 25-01362 for 500.00, encumbered 06/19/2025. Together they are 900.00. The encumbered figure is the period's receipts less its spending, not an amount on order.
fake-encumbrance · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent at the end of the period 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026 (p2).
Three orders were open on the account on 06/30/2026. Sweet Tula's order 26-00947 for 500.00 and Palermo's order 26-00950 for 339.00, both for a senior tailgate, were encumbered 06/04/2026 and paid 07/02/2026. Amazon order 26-01033 for 706.03 of teen wellness program supplies was encumbered 06/30/2026 and paid 07/22/2026. Together they are 1,545.03.
misreported-encumbrance · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 2,781.25 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1).
The account paid 2,381.25 in that period, face painting by check 52256 on 08/27/2024 and four food lines by check 53351 on 06/19/2025. The other 400.00 is face painting order 25-01204, which was still open at 06/30/2025 and was paid by check 53565 on 08/14/2025. The certified figure equals the five payments in the period plus that later check, to the cent.
misreported-expenditure · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies Florence Community Outreach at 750.00 spent, under Primary Prevention, and says a face painter drew families to the National Night Out booth (pp4 to 5).
The 750.00 is two face painting orders on the settlement account. Both costs were paid from other funds before, to the cent. One face painter was paid 350.00 for National Night Out on purchase order 23-01839, check 50740 of 08/01/2023, from Recreation Programs line 3-01-28-370-267-398. The same vendor was then paid 350.00 from the settlement account on order 24-02002, check 52256 of 08/27/2024. A second face painter was paid 400.00 on order 24-01256, check 51903 of 05/16/2024, from Municipal Alliance Grant account G-02-41-710-000-020. The same vendor was then paid 400.00 from the settlement account on order 25-01204, check 53565 of 08/14/2025. A Recreation line paid that vendor 300.00 for face painting again on check 53652 of 09/04/2025.
supplantation · 4 documents · 10/04/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution · Fake encumbrances
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-41-711-000-000, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/20/2023 | Realize National Opioid Grant in Budget | 35,004.67 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 05/16/2024 | Realize National Opioid Funds in Budget | 1,676.24 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 08/07/2024 | Realize Natl Opioid Settlement in Budget | 2,630.29 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 08/14/2024 | Realize Natl Opioid Settlement in Budget | 8,911.39 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 08/27/2024 | 52256 | 24-02002 | EVELYN DELEON · FACE PAINTING NAT'L OPIOID LIT | 350.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/02/2024 | Realize Natl Opioid Settlement in Budget | 2,687.39 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 10/02/2024 | Realize Natl Opioid Settlement in Budget | 3,386.41 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 10/02/2024 | Realize Natl Opioid Settlement in Budget | 2,283.57 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 04/02/2025 | Charge Out Natl. Opioid to Grant Fund | 10,284.35 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 06/19/2025 | 53351 | 25-01205 | AUNT MARTHA'S FAMOUS FUNNEL · FUNNEL CAKES | 625.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/19/2025 | 53351 | 25-01205 | AUNT MARTHA'S FAMOUS FUNNEL · FRIED OREOS | 468.75 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/19/2025 | 53351 | 25-01205 | AUNT MARTHA'S FAMOUS FUNNEL · HOT DOGS & BAG OF CHIPS | 437.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/19/2025 | 53351 | 25-01205 | AUNT MARTHA'S FAMOUS FUNNEL · ITALIAN ICE | 500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/11/2025 | 53449 | 25-01362 | AUNT MARTHA'S FAMOUS FUNNEL · TENNIS CLINIC KICK OFF 6/21/25 | 500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/07/2025 | 53536 | 25-01503 | PALERMO'S · 2025 PRINCETON SCHOOL OF ROCK | 205.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/14/2025 | 53565 | 25-01204 | ANGELINA HAYBAN · FACE PAINTING - COMM. OUTREACH | 400.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/04/2025 | 53654 | 25-01658 | AUNT MARTHA'S FAMOUS FUNNEL · FUNNEL CAKES & FRIED OREOS | 1,450.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/16/2025 | 53868 | 25-02054 | VINNY G'S BAGEL & DELI · NATIONAL OPIOID EVENT 10/18/25 | 500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/27/2025 | 53889 | 25-02095 | PALERMO'S · 2025 HEROIN KILLS EVENT | 2,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/04/2025 | 54013 | 25-02027 | PRIMO PREVENTION · OPIOID FATAL VISION PRO SM KIT | 4,295.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/04/2025 | 54013 | 25-02027 | PRIMO PREVENTION · DIES DRIVING MAT & WHEEL | 1,695.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/04/2025 | 54013 | 25-02027 | PRIMO PREVENTION · SHIPPING | 898.50 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/04/2025 | 54013 | 25-02027 | PRIMO PREVENTION · DISCOUNT | -727.00 | Reversal · Conforming |
| 12/18/2025 | 54138 | 25-02094 | WAYSIDE FLORIST · HEROIN KILLS FUNDRAISER FLOWRS | 2,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/07/2026 | 54585 | 25-02128 | HEROIN KILLS NJ · EVENT DINNER 10/18/25 40 TKTS | 600.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/18/2026 | 54741 | 26-00913 | AUNT MARTHA'S FUNNEL CAKE · FTHS DRUG PREV. EVENT 6/11/26 | 1,850.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/02/2026 | 54816 | 26-00950 | PALERMO'S · FTMHS SENIOR TAILGATE OUTREACH | 339.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/02/2026 | 54827 | 26-00947 | SWEET TULA'S INC. · FTMHS SENIOR TAILGATE OUTREACH | 500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/22/2026 | 54856 | 26-01033 | AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES · TEEN WELLNESS PROGRAM SUPPLIES | 706.03 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/05/2026 | open | 26-01304 | ROCCO'S PIZZA · 2026 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT | 195.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 08/05/2026 | open | 26-01310 | SMILIE'S HOMEMADE ICE CREAM · 2026 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT | 599.40 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 08/05/2026 | open | 26-01306 | PALERMO'S · 2026 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT | 169.50 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 08/06/2026 | 54906 | 26-01208 | ALEXA ZAVACKY · CONFIDENT KIDS SUMMER SERIES | 500.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/06/2026 | 54907 | 26-01130 | AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES · YOUTH PROGRAM SUPPLIES | 95.26 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/06/2026 | 54907 | 26-01152 | AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES · NOTEBOOK JOURNALS | 32.78 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/06/2026 | 54909 | 26-01209 | ANGELA FRAPPOLLI · TEEN WELLNESS SERIES | 2,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/06/2026 | 54914 | 26-01216 | AUNT MARTHA'S FUNNEL CAKE · 8/4/2026 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT | 1,850.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/06/2026 | 54920 | 26-01207 | DANIELLE YANSICK · CONFIDENT KIDS SUMMER SERIES | 2,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/18/2026 | open | 26-01398 | TENT-TATIONS · TENT, TABLE & CHAIR RENTALS | 845.00 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 54989 | 26-01311 | BIG RAY'S · 2026 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT | 159.90 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/19/2026 | 55006 | 26-01305 | MARIO & FRANK'S · 2026 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT | 462.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/19/2026 | 55010 | 26-01210 | PATRICK DUNPHY · TEEN WELLNESS SERIES | 500.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 55013 | 26-01307 | QUICK STOP FOOD MARKET · 2026 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT | 367.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/19/2026 | 55014 | 26-01286 | RALPH SHEARER · 2026 PICKLEBALL CLINIC | 2,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 55019 | 26-01206 | RYAN SULLIVAN · CONFIDENT KIDS SUMMER SERIES | 500.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 30,787.72 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 6,888.50 |
Vendors, and what paid them before.
What fund carried each payee before the opioid account, and how large the opioid slice is against the whole relationship. Bars share one scale.
Full width is $6,161.50, the largest payee total. Solid is the opioid account. Hatched is every other fund.
All documents are public records produced by the jurisdiction. Titles are the documents' own.
No dated event is published for this jurisdiction yet.
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.
Correct the recordCan opioid settlement money be spent on police cars or license plate readers?
No. Exhibit E of the national settlement lists the approved uses: treatment, recovery, prevention, harm reduction and related supports. Vehicles and surveillance hardware are not among the uses it lists, and state law bars using the funds to replace money a town would otherwise have spent.The approved uses
What did Florence Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 12 programs to the Department of Human Services. Each program, its recipient and its amount are reproduced above, beside the payments in the account.See the reports
How was this grade computed?
By code, from a published rubric: reporting integrity 50 percent, spending conformity 40 percent, transparency 10 percent, with hard caps for a certified program that has no payee in the books, for an uncertified transfer out, and for a records refusal.The rubric
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Florence Township spent most of its opioid settlement money on event food, flowers and dinner tickets, certified funnel cakes and face painting to the State as prevention programs, and filed reports whose received, encumbered and on hand figures its own books do not support.