Ewing Township
- 01Certified defibrillators as children's drug education36,468.65
- 02Cardiac equipment took 36,468.65 of 37,332.77 ever spent36,468.65
- 03Traded in an expired AED toward the settlement-funded oneNo figure published
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Ewing Township has received $173,108.27 in opioid settlement funds and spent $37,332.77 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
- $35,527.11
filed
- Program name
- Opioid Education
- Recipient
- Township of Ewing
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $864.12
- Unspent on hand
- $94,845.62
- Received to date
- $103,884.55
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $122,954.35
- Received to date
- $134,996.57
filed
- Program name
- Opioid Education
- Amount expended
- $36,468.65
- Unspent on hand
- $138,639.62
- Received to date
- $173,108.27
3 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 36,468.65 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1).
Its only program is an update to Opioid Education (pp4 to 5). The FY2024 report created that program for the problem it names as lack of education on drug awareness for children, with a target population of children and young adults aged 0 to 18, primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, and Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (pp2 to 3). The FY2026 update reports one modification, to funding amount, explained as Utilized additional funding received. It certifies 38,468.65 expended and gives as its indicator Purchase of AEDs and Defibrillators for use by first responders during calls for opioid overdoses. Question 10 gives the year's goal as acquisition of equipment to assist in resuscitation of opioid overdose victims (p2). Account 11580928 paid six lines in the year, and they make the question 6 figure to the cent. Check 2581 for 2,715.67 on 03/10/2026 paid Cardio Partners on purchase order 128523, a Police Department requisition, for a Philips HeartStart FRx AED and 20 electrode pads. Check 2627 for 28,337.61 on 05/12/2026 paid Stryker on purchase order 128656, a Fire Department requisition headed Purchase of an AED and a LUCAS Device with Opioid Settlement Funds, for a LIFEPAK 1000 AED and a LUCAS 3 chest compression system with a 24 month service plan, less 300.00 for a traded-in Philips HeartStart FR3. Check 2628 for 5,415.37 on 05/12/2026 paid Stryker on purchase order 131362 for a LIFEPAK CR2 defibrillator with batteries, accessories, a wall mount case and shipping. No education was bought. The report names the equipment, but the program it certifies the equipment under is, by its name, population, category and strategy, drug education for children. No overdose program using the equipment is documented, and defibrillators and chest compression devices are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
program-misclassification · 5 documents · 10/03/2026Through 08/11/2026 account 11580928 has paid 37,332.77 in all, and 36,468.65 of it, 97.7 percent, bought cardiac resuscitation equipment.
The account report generated 09/08/2026 opens 2025 with 115,967.23 appropriated and a balance of 115,103.11, so 864.12 had left the appropriation before 2025. The vendor history shows that payment, Positive Promotions check 2192 on 04/23/2024 for say no to drugs give aways, purchase order 121491. Everything paid since is defibrillator and chest compression equipment. Purchase order 128523, 2,715.67, is a Police Department requisition for a Philips HeartStart FRx AED with 20 electrode pads, shipped to the Police Department. Purchase order 128656, 28,337.61, is a Fire Department requisition headed Purchase of an AED and a LUCAS Device with Opioid Settlement Funds. Stryker billed it to TWP OF EWING EMS and shipped it to the Ewing Twp Fire Dept. Purchase order 131362, 5,415.37, bought a LIFEPAK CR2 defibrillator with batteries, accessories and a wall mount case. A further 249.60 of adult AED pads, purchase order 133041, was open on 08/11/2026. No overdose program using any of the equipment is documented, and defibrillators and chest compression devices are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
non-conforming-spending · 4 documents · 10/03/2026Purchase order 128656 credits 300.00 on a line reading Trade-In of Expired AED Unit.
Stryker quote 11159166 of 08/18/2025, prepared for the Ewing Township Fire Department, describes the credit as a trade-in of a Philips HeartStart FR3 toward the purchase of the LIFEPAK 1000. Stryker invoice 9210318951DM bills it as TR-PHL HS FR3 TO LP1000. The Fire Department owned an AED before the settlement fund paid for the new one. Check 2627 paid the order on 05/12/2026. The records produced do not show which fund bought the FR3 or how the Township paid for AEDs before 2025. That the settlement money took over a cost another fund carried is an inference from these records.
supplantation · 2 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution
The ledger, as printed.
Account 110862, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/17/2022 | RJ 3592 ACH | 8,821.99 | Receipt | ||
| 11/22/2022 | BUD 22 Res #22R-208 | 17,257.16 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 12/29/2022 | RJ 3599 First Deposit | 8,435.17 | Receipt | ||
| 04/23/2024 | 2192 | 121491 | Positive Promotions (INV#07331333) · say no to drugs give aways (promotional) | 864.12 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/01/2024 | RJ 2220 Settlements | 51,050.84 | Receipt | ||
| 06/18/2024 | RJ 2186 Janssen #4 | 9,131.79 | Receipt | ||
| 08/06/2024 | RJ 2755 National Opiods Settlement | 3,267.58 | Receipt | ||
| 08/06/2024 | RJ 2755 National Opiods Settlement | 11,070.53 | Receipt | ||
| 08/06/2024 | RJ 2755 National Opiods Settlement | 2,836.86 | Receipt | ||
| 08/06/2024 | RJ 2755 National Opiods Settlement | 3,338.52 | Receipt | ||
| 09/24/2024 | BUD 24 CH 159 Res #24R-207 | 80,696.12 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 10/31/2024 | RJ 4203 Endo Public Opioid Trust | 3,644.34 | Receipt | ||
| 12/31/2024 | GJ 304 MOVE TO UNAPPROPRIATED RESERVES | 3,644.34 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 04/15/2025 | RJ 1829 Walgreens Payment 3 | 2,747.29 | Receipt | ||
| 05/13/2025 | BUD 5 Res 25R-111 | 7,851.24 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 05/13/2025 | BUD 5 Res 25R-111 appropriation | 7,851.24 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 05/20/2025 | GJ 83 National Opiods | 4,206.90 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 05/20/2025 | GJ 83 National Opiods | 3,644.34 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 08/11/2025 | RJ 3265 CVS Payment 3 | 5,853.06 | Receipt | ||
| 08/11/2025 | RJ 3265 Teva Payment 3 | 3,179.91 | Receipt | ||
| 08/11/2025 | RJ 3265 Distributor Payment 5 | 11,070.53 | Receipt | ||
| 08/11/2025 | RJ 3265 Allergan Payment 3 | 3,311.04 | Receipt | ||
| 09/23/2025 | BUD 11 Res 25R-209 Chapter 159 appropriation | 36,308.15 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 09/23/2025 | BUD 11 Res 25R-209 Chapter 159 | 36,308.15 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 10/20/2025 | RJ 4928 Deposit | 232.70 | Receipt | ||
| 03/10/2026 | 2581 | 128523 | CARDIO PARTNERS, INC. (vendor 12644) · Philips HeartStart FRx AED, 20 Electrode FRx SMART Pads II, freight (INV#600126544 / vendor inv 600126541) | 2,715.67 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/15/2026 | RJ 2039 WALGREENS | 2,694.44 | Receipt | ||
| 05/12/2026 | 2627 | 128656 | STRYKER SALES CORPORATION (vendor 9726) · LIFEPAK 1000 AED + LUCAS 3 v3.1 chest compression system, batteries, charger, power supply, suction cups, 24-month ProCare, less 300.00 trade-in of expired Philips HeartStart FR3 (INV#9210318951DM) | 28,337.61 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/12/2026 | 2628 | 131362 | STRYKER SALES CORPORATION (vendor 9726) · LIFEPAK CR2 Defibrillator accessories (INV#9211875512) | 469.26 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/12/2026 | 2628 | 131362 | STRYKER SALES CORPORATION (vendor 9726) · Shipping and handling (INV#9211877286) | 9.62 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/12/2026 | 2628 | 131362 | STRYKER SALES CORPORATION (vendor 9726) · LIFEPAK Defibrillator Wallmount Case for Code (INV#9211877386) | 240.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/12/2026 | 2628 | 131362 | STRYKER SALES CORPORATION (vendor 9726) · LIFEPAK CR2 Defibrillator w/batteries (INV#9212113354) | 4,695.99 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/23/2026 | BUD 12 Res 26R-136 appropriation | 10,146.32 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 08/11/2026 | open | 133041 | Adult QUIK-COMBO REDI-PAK AED Pads | 249.60 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 37,332.77 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 0.00 |
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 $33,752.98, 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 Ewing Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 2 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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Ewing Township
Ewing Township certified 36,468.65 of defibrillators and a chest compression device to the State as an update to a drug education program for children.