Deptford Township
- 01Put employee assistance contracts on the settlement account10,665.20
- 02Same training vendor, now paid from the opioid account825.00
- 03Spent it on t-shirts, graduation shirts and stickers6,911.65
- 04Certified trash can liners as a drug disposal program167.30
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Deptford Township has received $458,397.70 in opioid settlement funds and spent $110,019.15 of it.
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
- $92,507.88
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $296,771.86
- Received to date
- $296,771.86
filed
- Program name
- Community Drug Disposal Program
- Recipient
- Township of Deptford
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $10,999.00
- Unspent on hand
- $374,135.13
- Received to date
- $385,134.13
filed
- Program name
- Employee Assistance Program
- Recipient
- Township of Deptford
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $94,452.50
- Unspent on hand
- $352,946.20
- Received to date
- $458,397.70
5 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 Township paid its employee assistance program contracts from the Employee Wellness general fund line 01-20-101-290 every year from August 2020 through August 2024.
From 2022 on the vendor history shows a recurring pair, 2,532.60 for the police contract and 5,600.00 for the non-police departmental contract. In 2020 and in 2021 it shows a single 2,532.60 payment. The last Employee Wellness payment is check 69170 on 08/06/2024. The first payment from the National Opioids Settlement account is check 71640 on 07/08/2025. The 2025 and 2026 renewals are the same product at the same prices, charged to the opioid account. One purchase order caption repeats the general fund years word for word, ANNUAL CONTRACT/EAP SERVICES. 5,600.00 on 07/08/2025 plus 2,532.60 on 10/07/2025 plus 2,532.60 on 04/07/2026 equals 10,665.20. A payment falls in every calendar year from 2020 through 2026. The scope did not change, only the fund that pays. That is substitution of settlement funds for an existing source of funding for the same expense, which N.J.S.A. 26:2G-39(f) bars. The vendor payment histories show 40,128.20 of these contracts bought since 2020, of which 29,463.00 was paid from the general fund before the opioid account took over. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies the three payments, 10,665.20 to the cent, as an Employee Assistance Program, and gives 01/01/2020 as the date the program was funded and launched (pages 8 and 9). By the Township's own report, the program predates the settlement money that now pays for it.
funding-source-substitution · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The Township paid L.E.A.D.
Inc 200.00 for officer training from account 4-01-25-240-26P, Patrol Training and Related Expense, on check 67744 dated 01/23/2024. On 08/04/2026 it paid the same vendor 825.00 for a one day middle school training from the National Opioids Settlement account on check 74401. The two payments, the two accounts and the two dates are documentary. The products differ. The 2024 caption reads OFFICER TRAINING and the 2026 caption reads 1 Day Training Middle School. That the police training line is the line being relieved is an inference from the vendor and the direction of the move, not a documented fact. Small dollars, documented baseline.
funding-source-substitution · 2 documents · 09/20/2026The Township paid 6,911.65 from the dedicated opioid accounts for promotional merchandise.
1,602.00 for L.E.A.D. t-shirts on check 73031 dated 01/27/2026, 1,567.00 for L.E.A.D. graduation shirts on check 73724 dated 05/05/2026, and 3,742.65 for holographic custom stickers on check 74210 dated 07/07/2026. The graduation shirts were charged to the account the Township itself labels Nat Opioids Trust Monies (Sch B Exp). No record documents an evidence-based prevention program in which the apparel or the stickers play a part, and no record shows what the stickers say. Apparel and stickers are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
non-conforming-spending · 3 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies a program named Community Drug Disposal Program in the Primary Prevention, Education and Training category, funded and expended at 167.30.
The whole 167.30 is a single purchase of 2.0 mil trash can liners from an office supply vendor on purchase order 25-01268, check 71209, paid 05/20/2025. The figure ties to the certified program to the penny. The certified program is not what the money bought. The same filing certifies a genuine drug deactivation purchase separately as Deterra Bag Giveway under Harm Reduction, so the Township knew how to describe a real disposal program in the same report.
program-mislabel · 2 documents · 09/11/2026The Township paid 79,865.75 for naloxone nasal spray on check 72764 dated 12/16/2025 and 752.55 for an opioid response kit on check 72996 dated 01/27/2026, both from the dedicated opioid account.
The vendor payment history covering 01/01/2018 to 08/20/2026 across all Township funds shows no naloxone purchase before 12/16/2025. Every line on that history before that date was read and none of them is naloxone. This is a new cost, not a shifted one, and naloxone distribution is a core Exhibit E Schedule B use. The two payments are 73.3 percent of the 110,019.15 the Township has spent from the settlement through 08/24/2026. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies the two payments, 80,618.30 to the cent, as Narcan Spray and Response Kits for First Responders under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention (pages 4 to 6). Report and books agree.
conforming-spending · 3 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution · Phantom programs
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-02-307-000, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/26/2024 | 69876 | 24-03414 | BELLIA & SONS, INC. · TRIFOLD BROCHURE | 495.71 | Paid · Conforming |
| 11/26/2024 | 69949 | 24-03152 | STAPLES BUSINESS ADVANTAGE · Supplies- Opiod -table | 183.89 | Paid · Conforming |
| 01/28/2025 | 70326 | 24-03073 | DEPTFORD SIGNARAMA · BANNER OPIODS | 118.60 | Paid · Conforming |
| 02/03/2025 | G-02-02-307-100 (Nat Opioids Trust Monies Sch B Exp) · Transfer Funds for NOAT Reporting | 10,092.49 | Transfer out · Transfer | ||
| 02/03/2025 | G-02-02-307-000 (National Opioids settlement) · Transfer Funds for NOAT Reporting | 10,092.49 | Transfer in · Transfer | ||
| 04/22/2025 | 70964 | 24-03239 | BELLIA & SONS, INC. · Opioid Resource Notepads | 5,753.50 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/20/2025 | 71209 | 25-01268 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · Trash Liners 2.00 mill | 167.30 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/20/2025 | 71244 | 25-00922 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS · Emergency prepare guide | 425.95 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/20/2025 | Reference 3919 · PO 25-00922 to EMAA Line (budget move) | -425.95 | Reversal · Transfer | ||
| 06/03/2025 | 71366 | 25-01200 | VERDE ENVIROMENTAL TECHNOLOGIE · Deterra MP | 4,280.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 07/08/2025 | 71640 | 25-01933 | COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL · EAP Program 5 Session Model | 5,600.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/07/2025 | 72214 | 25-02754 | COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL · ANNUAL CONTRACT/EAP SERVICES | 2,532.60 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/07/2025 | 72223 | 25-02691 | L.E.A.D. INC · Too Good for Drugs 2024 Kits | 2,491.65 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/07/2025 | 72223 | 25-02691 | L.E.A.D. INC · SHIPPING | 76.93 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/08/2025 | 25-02691 | L.E.A.D. INC · Too Good for Drugs 2024 Kits (VOID credit) | -2,491.65 | Reversal · Unverified | |
| 10/08/2025 | 25-02691 | L.E.A.D. INC · SHIPPING (VOID credit) | -76.93 | Reversal · Unverified | |
| 12/16/2025 | 72764 | 25-03330 | VE RALPH · Narcan Nasal Spray | 79,865.75 | Paid · Conforming |
| 01/27/2026 | 72996 | 25-03795 | VE RALPH · Opiod Responce Kit | 752.55 | Paid · Conforming |
| 01/27/2026 | 73031 | 26-00066 | JCM ASSOCIATES · LEAD T-Shirts Lake Tract & | 1,602.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/07/2026 | 73485 | 26-00747 | CUHC EMPLOYEE ASSISTANT PROG. · Annual Contract for EAP | 2,532.60 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/05/2026 | 73724 | 26-01124 | JCM ASSOCIATES · LED Shirt for Graduation | 1,567.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/07/2026 | 74210 | 26-01953 | 4IMPRINT · HOLOGRAPHIC CUSTOM STICKERS | 3,742.65 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/04/2026 | 74401 | 26-02198 | L.E.A.D. INC · 1 Day Training Middle School | 825.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 113,013.68 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 91,450.00 |
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 $80,618.30, 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 Deptford Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 6 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