Cape May County
- 01FY2025 on-hand figure exceeds all money ever received358,073.02
- 02FY2024 on-hand figure exceeds all money ever received313,706.96
- 03FY2023 report cites a strategic plan it says it lacksNo figure published
- 04FY2026 report dates one survey to two different yearsNo figure published
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Cape May County has received $2,675,838.31 in opioid settlement funds. No ledger has been produced.
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
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $540,002.97
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $1,930,926.27
- Received to date
- $1,617,219.31
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $1,278.00
- Unspent on hand
- $2,604,966.56
- Received to date
- $2,248,171.54
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $2,674,560.31
- Received to date
- $2,675,838.31
4 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 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.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 1,077,216.34 received between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024, 0.00 of interest, and 1,617,219.31 received since the distribution began in 2022 (page 1).
That cumulative is the 540,002.97 the FY2023 report certified through 06/30/2023 plus the FY2024 receipts. The FY2024 report certifies 0.00 expended and 0.00 encumbered in the year, and the FY2023 report certifies 0.00 expended. The FY2024 report then certifies 1,930,926.27 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (page 1). That is 313,706.96 more than every dollar the County says it had received, with nothing spent and no interest. No ledger has been produced.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2023 report answers question 14, whether the County has a strategic plan, with "No, but plan to develop one in the future" (page 1).
It answers question 10, the County's goals and priorities, with "N/A - not developed yet." It answers question 12, whether the County engaged the public, with "No, but plan to in the future." Question 18 asks for the County's rationale for using the funds. The report answers "Stakeholder Input, Strategic Plan, and Gap Analysis" (page 2). The same report says the plan does not exist and names it as the basis for its decisions. The report certifies 540,002.97 received and 0.00 expended as of 06/30/2023.
self-contradiction · 1 document · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026.
Its answer to question 12 says "In the Fall of 2026, a survey was completed for active drug users" (pages 2 and 3). Its answer to question 13a says "In the Fall of 2025, an active drug user survey was completed" (page 3). The same survey is dated to two different years, one of them after the reporting period closed. Question 12 also says the "OAC decided to delay funding any programs" until the County can assess changes to Medicaid. The report certifies 0.00 expended and 2,674,560.31 on hand.
self-contradiction · 1 document · 10/03/2026The ledger, as printed.
The opioid account as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
No ledger line is published for this jurisdiction yet.
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.
No payee is published for this jurisdiction yet.
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 Cape May County tell the State it spent the money on?
No certified program is published for this jurisdiction yet. When a report is captured, each program appears here 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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Cape May County
Cape May County has received 2,675,838.31 in opioid settlement money, has spent 1,278.00 of it on advertisements and food trays, and told the State in two years that it held more money than it had ever received.