County · County government · 3 municipalities · 4 jurisdictions in total

Cumberland County

4 jurisdictions in Cumberland County receive opioid settlement funds. They are the county government and 3 municipalities. No complete ledger has been published for this county yet. 1 jurisdiction is graded F for certifying spending that does not exist in the books.

Complete ledgers · 0 of 4Records refused · 0Graded F · 1
Grade board · 4 jurisdictionsCumberland County · provisionalGrade D · provisional
Bridgeton · provisionalGrade A · provisionalMillvilleRecords pendingVineland · provisionalGrade F · provisional
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • F
  • Not yet graded
  • Records refused
County wide · county government and 3 municipalities · 0 of 4 with complete ledgers
Received$4,017,537.12Cumulative, as each jurisdiction last certified to the State
Spent, verified$466,612.92Summed from the ledger rows published here
Non-conforming$88,805.57Classified against the Exhibit E gates
Misreported to the StateCertified against books conflict$97,786.82Certified figures the books do not support
Every figure is summed over the county government and 3 municipalities, from the published rows, in whole cents. A jurisdiction with no ledger adds nothing to spent.

The county government

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

Received$2,054,955.22Cumulative, as last certified to the State
Paid$21,220.00Summed from the county ledger
Misreported to the StateCertified against books conflict$97,786.82Certified figures the county books do not support
DGrade D · provisional
Grade D · provisional · rubric v5Grade D · provisional
Reporting integrity · weight 50
50.62 / 100
Spending conformity · weight 40
100 / 100
Transparency · weight 10
70 / 100
Weighted score
69.99 · D
Cap · Certified spending that does not exist in the books
applied
How grades work

3 municipalities

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

Graded municipalities in Cumberland County, sorted by dollars misreported to the State, largest first
GradeMunicipality and patternsSpent, verifiedMisreported to State
AGrade ABridgeton
Funding-source substitution
380,346.35No figure published
FGrade FVineland
Funding-source substitution · Fake encumbrances
65,046.57No figure published
Not yet graded · 1

Millville Records pending

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.

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Funding-source substitution

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

FGrade FAGrade AFindings
1

Fake encumbrances

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

FGrade FFindings
1

Surveillance technology

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

DGrade DFindings
Findings in Cumberland County

The County's FY2026 report certifies one program, Equipment - Cameras for the withdrawal suites in the county jail, funded on 04/15/2026 at 68,856.82 (pp4 to 6). It files the program under the primary category Diversion and Re-entry Support and the Schedule B strategies Address the Needs of Criminal Justice-Involved Persons and Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms. It describes cameras in a withdrawal suite to monitor patients going through withdrawal. It gives a launch date of 06/30/2026, the last day of the reporting year, and reports 365 unduplicated individuals served. Asked how the program addresses opioid use disorder through evidence-based or evidence-informed practices, the County answered "This is not a program. It is a one-time award to install cameras to monitor inmates/patients for safety while housed in a withdrawal management suite within the county jail." The books show what the money bought. G.M. White Electrical Contractors purchase order 26-02510, encumbered on 04/15/2026 at 28,930.00, is CCTV system conduit and wiring shipped to Corrections, County Jail. The G.M. White proposal of 03/12/2026, titled County Jail Cameras, prices nine cameras on four runs, to a counselor office and classroom, a transport holding cell, a medical segregation room and I block suicide cells. Safeware purchase order 26-02515, encumbered the same day at 39,926.82, has four lines, CCTV Holding 1 and 3, CCTV Trans/Hold Room, CCTV Class Room and Drug Counsel and CCTV 1 Block. The two orders equal the certified figure to the cent. Neither shows a payment through 05/27/2026, the end of the produced print. The record does not say which of these locations is the withdrawal suite the report describes. Camera systems are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no treatment or overdose program using the cameras is documented. The County's own answer says there is no program.

3 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report updates the Recovery Centers of America program at 260,618.46 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (page 7). The FY2025 report set that program up as treatment stays the City pays for residents who cannot afford them, primary category Treatment (pages 3 and 4). The books show 235,250.00 paid to Recovery Centers of America in the period. Purchase order 25-01561 was paid by check 359 on 08/07/2025 for 144,000.00, purchase order 25-01902 by check 376 on 09/16/2025 for 59,700.00 and purchase order 25-02396 by check 428 on 12/02/2025 for 31,550.00. The other 25,368.46 went elsewhere. Purchase order 26-00364, check 478 on 03/03/2026, paid Tri-County Community Action 25,000.00, described Code Blue Donation - Opioid. Twelve T-Mobile bills for the Opioid line on the City's cell account came to 368.46. Together the payments make the certified figure to the cent. Code Blue is a cold-weather emergency program. The City has paid Tri-County for it every season since 2020-21 from other accounts. The phone line served the Recovery Outreach Ambassadors, a program the same report says has ended. A Code Blue donation and a phone bill are not treatment stays at Recovery Centers of America.

8 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 483,181.75 received since 2022 (Q3, p1) and 513,093.89 of unspent and uncommitted money on hand (Q9, p2). The on hand figure is 29,912.14 more than everything the report says the City ever received. The FY2025 report certifies 7,975.00 spent and the FY2026 report 21,100.00, a total of 29,075.00, and the FY2026 report certifies 7,960.00 encumbered. The reports' own figures leave 446,146.75. Q9 is 66,947.14 above that. The FY2025 report put the balance at 313,831.02. A year later it is 199,262.87 higher, in a year the report says the City received 79,853.19 and spent 21,100.00. No ledger has been produced.

2 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 63,805.57 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025. It names one program, Overdose Lifeline, recipient Vineland Health Department, at 37,930.36 expended, primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training. It describes a training program for law enforcement, firefighters and EMTs and reports 87 participants in 6 sessions. It certifies 25,875.21 of administrative expenses and describes them as support for training initiatives for law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services personnel. The settlement accounts show what the 63,805.57 paid for. Every entry in the period is the pay or payroll tax of one Health Department employee, department 35-02 HLTH OPERATIONS. The program salary line G-02-58-884-2024-30345 carries 32,297.48 and the program fringe line G-02-58-884-2024-30347 carries 5,632.88, together 37,930.36, the program figure to the cent. The fringe line includes an 862.50 health insurance opt out payment on 12/13/2024. The 5% admin line G-02-58-884-2024-30301 carries 25,875.21, the administrative figure to the cent. The settlement accounts paid Overdose Lifeline, Inc. 0.00 in the period. Its only payment from the settlement accounts is 1,241.00 for a training license renewal on 01/14/2026. The report says funding was disbursed weekly as personnel worked on project, and that no procurement was needed because the City used health department personnel. The produced records hold no session record, roster or curriculum for the 6 sessions.

7 documents · 09/25/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 403,328.56 received since 2022 (Q3, p1). It certifies 7,975.00 expended and 19,720.00 encumbered between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (Q6 and Q7, p1). The FY2023 and FY2024 reports certify 0.00 expended, and the City transferred nothing to the county. Received less spent and encumbered is 375,633.56. The report certifies 313,831.02 unspent and uncommitted on hand (Q9, p2). That is 61,802.54 less than its own figures leave, and the report accounts for none of it. No ledger has been produced.

3 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 181,715.94 of unspent and uncommitted settlement money that the City currently has on hand (question 9, page 2). The same report certifies 433,295.01 received since 2022 (question 3, page 1). The City's four reports certify 379,306.95 spent, 0.00 through 06/30/2023, 627.13 in FY2024, 106,085.36 in FY2025 and 272,594.46 in FY2026. The settlement account paid the same 379,306.95 through 06/30/2026. By the reports' own figures 53,988.06 was left at 06/30/2026. The certified figure is the account's budget balance instead. On 06/30/2026 an entry labeled 2026 Bud Grant Setup raised the account's appropriation from 422,601.87 to 561,022.89, adding 138,421.02. The balance the audit trail prints after that entry is 181,715.94, the 43,294.92 left of the old appropriation plus the 138,421.02 added. An appropriation is authority to spend, not money in hand. The 561,022.89 appropriated is 127,727.88 more than the 433,295.01 the City reports receiving, and the certified figure is 127,727.88 more than the report's own figures leave.

6 documents · 10/03/2026

Documents
ledger2 filesOpen
purchase order1 fileOpen
dhs report4 filesOpen
Municipal records3 municipalitiesOpen
Correction from Cumberland County jurisdictions

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Frequently asked questions

Why does Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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