County · County government · 4 municipalities · 5 jurisdictions in total

Cape May County

5 jurisdictions in Cape May County receive opioid settlement funds. They are the county government and 4 municipalities. No complete ledger has been published for this county yet. 3 jurisdictions are graded F for certifying spending that does not exist in the books.

Complete ledgers · 0 of 5Records refused · 0Graded F · 3

Grade board · 5 jurisdictionsCape May County

Lower Township · provisional Middle Township · provisional Ocean · provisional Upper Township · provisional

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Records refused

County wide · county government and 4 municipalities · 0 of 5 with complete ledgers

Received$3,408,432.81Cumulative, as each jurisdiction last certified to the State

Spent, verified$474,394.10Summed from the ledger rows published here

Non-conforming$347,307.91Classified against the Exhibit E gates

Misreported to the State$9,295.00Certified figures the books do not support

Every figure is summed over the county government and 4 municipalities, from the published rows, in whole cents. A jurisdiction with no ledger adds nothing to spent.

The county government

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

Received$2,675,838.31Cumulative, as last certified to the State

PaidSummed from the county ledger

Misreported to the StateCertified figures the county books do not support

Records pending · rubric v5Records pending

Reporting integrity · weight 50: not scored
Spending conformity · weight 40: not scored
Transparency · weight 10: 0 / 100
Weighted score: not scored

How grades work

4 municipalities

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

Graded municipalities in Cape May County, sorted by dollars misreported to the State, largest first
Grade	Municipality and patterns	Spent, verified	Misreported to State
FGrade F	Ocean Funding-source substitution · Police vehicles and gear	379,640.06	Certified against books conflict5,500.00
FGrade F	Lower Township Funding-source substitution · Police vehicles and gear · Fake encumbrances	76,162.88	Certified against books conflict3,795.00
FGrade F	Middle Township Funding-source substitution	18,591.16	No figure published
AGrade A	Upper Township	No figure published	No figure published

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.

Funding-source substitution

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

FFFFindings

Police vehicles and gear

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

FFFindings

Fake encumbrances

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

FFindings

Findings in Cape May County

The FY2025 report covers 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025. It certifies 8,545.02 received in the year, 30,447.14 received since 2022, 0.00 expended, 0.00 encumbered and 0.00 of unspent funds on hand from any reporting year (p1). It answers that the Township is a municipality and did not transfer its funds. The FY2024 report, for 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024, had certified 0.00 expended and 21,902.12 on hand (p1). The FY2023 report certified 0.00 expended (p1). No report certifies any spending. 21,902.12 plus 8,545.02 is 30,447.14, the FY2025 report's own figure for all money received. The FY2026 report, for 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026, certifies 5,791.92 received in the year, 0.00 spent, no transfer and 36,239.06 currently on hand (pp1 to 2). That is 30,447.14 plus 5,791.92, to the cent. The Township's budget status print of 05/27/2026 shows 35,344.73 adopted on account G-02-41-798-591-299, National Opioid Settlements, with nothing expended or encumbered. Money that was never spent or transferred cannot be 0.00 on hand in one report and on hand in full in the next. The FY2025 on hand figure is 30,447.14 short.

4 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 2,248,171.54 received since the distribution began in 2022, 0.00 of interest, and 1,278.00 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (page 1). It then certifies 2,604,966.56 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (page 2). That is 356,795.02 more than every dollar the County says it ever received, and 358,073.02 more than received less spent. The FY2026 report certifies 427,666.77 received, 0.00 of interest and 0.00 expended between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (page 1), then 2,674,560.31 on hand (page 2). Carrying the FY2025 balance forward gives 3,032,633.33. The FY2026 figure is 358,073.02 lower with nothing spent. It equals the County's own 2,675,838.31 received to date less the 1,278.00 spent in FY2025. The two reports cannot both be right. The County certifies 0.00 interest in every year. No ledger has been produced.

2 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 58,632.88 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1) and puts all of it in one new program, Community Wide Special Events/Summer Camps (pp4 to 6). It names the Police and Recreation Departments as recipients, files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, gives its purpose as education and prevention for area youth and residents, and reports 0 individuals served. The books show what the money paid for. The settlement account reimbursed camp payroll to camp salary line 5-01-28-370-168, 24,027.25 on 07/31/2025 and 24,580.63 on 09/30/2025. Birch's Communications purchase order 25-01242, check 7303 of 08/05/2025, paid 6,205.00 for nine lines on a 2011 Camaro. They are 2011 CAMARO - OPIOID PREVENTIO, a siren and light controller, a speaker and bracket, red, white and blue grill lights and micropulse lights, an L bracket, wire leads and a partial install. Cape Island Graphics purchase order 25-01738, check 7258 of the same day, paid 220.00 for LTPD CAMARO STICKERS. Check 252142 of 08/19/2025 paid 3,600.00 described as AQUA PARK 07-29-25. Together they make the certified figure to the cent. The report names camps and events, but 6,425.00 of the figure is emergency lighting, siren equipment and stickers for a Camaro. Lines 10 and 11 of the same Birch's order, 1,297.49, were charged to the Township's Vehicle Purchases line. No prevention program using the car is documented. The camp wages pay Recreation Department camp staff, the aqua park charge sits on the 2025 Summer Program account, and the report counts no one served. Police vehicle equipment and summer camps are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.

8 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report lists one new program, PREVENTION / AWARENESS, funded and spent at 18,591.16 between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (pp4 to 6). It names Middle Township as the only recipient and Police Administration as the officials who decided the spending (pp2 and 4). It describes open discussions at events and during LEAD programs and reports 1,000 people served. It files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, adds Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention as a second category, and names three Schedule B strategies, Prevent Misuse of Opioids, Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms (Harm Reduction) and First Responders. The books show five payments. Foremost Promotions, Community Event Supplies, purchase order 25-01883, check 88888 for 2,228.39 on 09/26/2025. Sign A Rama, a pop up tent and table cloth, purchase order 25-01961, check 88934 for 1,920.83 the same day. Innocorp, Ltd., Fatal Vision event supplies, purchase order 25-02435, check 89399 for 7,882.00 on 12/02/2025. Foremost Promotions, Community Engagment Supplies, purchase order 26-01187, check 90596 for 2,833.19 and 3,726.75 on 06/17/2026. The five make the certified figure to the cent, and the program's funding and launch date, 09/26/2025, is the date of the first two checks. Exhibit E's harm reduction uses center on naloxone, overdose education and syringe services, and its First Responders category adds fentanyl education and wellness services for responders. None of the five payments is for naloxone, overdose response, or responder training or wellness. Prevention education can be a listed use, but the record documents only supplies, with no prevention curriculum, no record of the discussions or the materials handed out, and nothing behind the 1,000 people served. From 12/2021 to 12/2024 the Township paid Foremost Promotions 15,347.31 for giveaways and event items from its own budget lines, before the settlement accounts began paying the vendor in 09/2025.

7 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies a program named LEAD Program Vehicle at 83,553.90 expended. It names the Ocean City Police Department as recipient and puts it in the category Schools, Colleges, Universities. It files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training with the Schedule B strategy Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms, and describes its purpose as connections between law enforcement and youth and a mobile medicine drop (State copy pages 6 and 7). Its only indicator is a predetermined amount of events. Four payments make the figure to the cent. Purchase order 25-00399 to Gentilini Chevrolet LLC is a 2024 Tahoe 9C1 Patrol PPV at 63,261.27, bought on state contract 21-FLEET-01485 (printed T2007-20-01485 on the order), with lights and siren on contract 17-FLEET-00758-MEE, and marked L.E.A.D. VEHICLE (invoice INV6090 pages 1 and 4, invoice file pages 12 and 15). Gentilini invoice INV6090 lists a flasher system, alternate flashing red and blue rear warning lamps, a red and white dome light, siren and horn wiring, a spot lamp and a radio suppression package (invoice file pages 12 to 15). Purchase order 25-00400 is a supervisor package on the same Tahoe at 7,592.41, marked L.E.A.D. CAR. Purchase order 25-00607 is a full custom wrap to department specifications at 7,200.22. Purchase order 24-01672 is a 5,500.00 wrap on a golf cart. On 07/09/2024, seven months before this order, check 111656 paid the same dealer 157,591.83 on purchase order 24-01784, 2024 TAHOE 9C1 PATROL PPV, 171,091.83 less a 13,500.00 police expo discount, charged to PS/POLICE-VEHICLES, account 4-01-25-740-292 (Gentilini check register pages 1 and 2). No drug drop or youth program using the Tahoe is documented in any produced record. Police vehicles are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.

11 documents · 09/25/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 129,218.71 received since distribution began in 2022 (question 3, p1) and 18,591.16 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (question 6, p1). The FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025 reports each certify 0.00 spent. Question 9 of the FY2026 report (p2) certifies 129,218.71 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand, the received total to the cent. Received less spent is 110,627.55. The books show the 18,591.16 leaving the settlement accounts in five payments between 09/26/2025 and 06/17/2026, before the year closed, and no further payment through 09/10/2026. For 129,218.71 to be on hand when the report was filed, receipts after 06/30/2026 would have had to make up the 18,591.16 to the cent. The FY2024 and FY2025 reports also set the on-hand figure equal to the received total, 86,072.54 and 106,069.73, which held while nothing had been spent.

8 documents · 10/03/2026

Documents

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Municipal records4 municipalitiesOpen

Correction from Cape May County jurisdictions

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Frequently asked questions

Why does Cape May 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 Cape May 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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