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Monmouth County

19 jurisdictions in Monmouth County receive opioid settlement funds. They are the county government and 18 municipalities. Complete ledgers have been produced for 4 of them. 6 jurisdictions are graded F for certifying spending that does not exist in the books.

Complete ledgers · 4 of 19Records refused · 0Graded F · 6

Grade board · 19 jurisdictionsMonmouth County · provisional

Aberdeen Township Asbury Park · provisional Eatontown Freehold Freehold Township Hazlet Township Holmdel Township · provisional Howell Township · provisional Long Branch Manalapan Township · provisional Marlboro Township · provisional Middletown Township Millstone Township · provisional Neptune Township · provisional Ocean Township · provisional Red Bank · provisional Tinton Falls · provisional Wall Township

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Records refused

County wide · county government and 18 municipalities · 4 of 19 with complete ledgers

Received$15,905,433.82Cumulative, as each jurisdiction last certified to the State

Spent, verified$5,983,880.26Summed from the ledger rows published here

Non-conforming$1,023,211.86Classified against the Exhibit E gates

Misreported to the State$1,184,074.84Certified figures the books do not support

Every figure is summed over the county government and 18 municipalities, from the published rows, in whole cents. A jurisdiction with no ledger adds nothing to spent.

The county government

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

Received$9,301,998.43Cumulative, as last certified to the State

Paid$4,199,448.26Summed from the county ledger

Misreported to the State$297,272.19Certified figures the county books do not support

Grade C · provisional · rubric v5Grade C · provisional

Reporting integrity · weight 50: 91.14 / 100
Spending conformity · weight 40: 61.37 / 100
Transparency · weight 10: 60 / 100
Weighted score: 76.12 · C

How grades work

18 municipalities

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

Graded municipalities in Monmouth County, sorted by dollars misreported to the State, largest first
Grade	Municipality and patterns	Spent, verified	Misreported to State
FGrade F	Long Branch Funding-source substitution · Zero certification	776,669.98	Certified against books conflict776,669.98
FGrade F	Howell Township Surveillance technology	60,583.26	Certified against books conflict69,772.30
CGrade C	Freehold Fake encumbrances	21,176.30	Certified against books conflict11,106.30
DGrade D	Asbury Park Fake encumbrances · Funding-source substitution	232,295.61	Certified against books conflict9,314.63
FGrade F	Neptune Township Fake encumbrances · Funding-source substitution · Year-end salary reclass	92,528.96	Certified against books conflict8,342.80
DGrade D	Red Bank	167,099.24	Certified against books conflict6,516.89
AGrade A	Marlboro Township	103,328.83	Certified against books conflict5,079.75
CGrade C	Holmdel Township Fake encumbrances	449.00	No figure published
AGrade A	Manalapan Township	No figure published	No figure published
BGrade B	Middletown Township	205,399.19	No figure published
FGrade F	Millstone Township Surveillance technology	1,986.40	No figure published
FGrade F	Ocean Township Fake encumbrances	90,424.73	No figure published
AGrade A	Tinton Falls	No figure published	No figure published
FGrade F	Wall Township Funding-source substitution · Police vehicles and gear	32,490.50	No figure published

Not yet graded · 4

Aberdeen Township No spending reported · Eatontown Records pending · Freehold Township Not yet requested · Hazlet Township 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.

Fake encumbrances

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

FCFD+1Findings

Funding-source substitution

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

FFFDFindings

Surveillance technology

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

FFFindings

Year-end salary reclass

Salary moved onto the opioid account by journal entry at fiscal year end.

FCFindings

Police vehicles and gear

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

FFindings

Zero certification

A report year certified at zero expended while the books show payments.

FFindings

Findings in Monmouth County

The FY2024 report certifies 109,823.04 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024 (p1). That is the same report's figure for funds received in the period, 109,823.04, to the cent. The FY2025 report certifies 51,084.27 encumbered in the period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025 (p1), again the same report's receipts figure to the cent. Both reports certify 0.00 expended and list no program. The Township's Budget Transaction Audit Trail for the four opioid accounts, G-02-41-799-100-350 to G-02-41-799-100-353, runs 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2026 and was printed 06/01/2026. A second print, run 01/01/2024 to 06/30/2026 with accounts of zero activity included, was printed 08/31/2026. Both show no purchase order, contract or other commitment on any of the accounts before 02/03/2026. The accounts carry balances of 10,635.67, 11,123.40, 100,065.24 and 42,278.30. Neither certified figure equals any of them or any combination of them. Each figure is a year of money received, not money committed. Each report also states that all money received since 2022, 154,345.82 and 205,430.09, is unspent or uncommitted on hand. The reports say the same in words. The FY2024 report answers "We haven't spent anything yet" (p1) and "At the current time, we do not have any immediate plans to use the funds" (p2). The FY2025 report answers "We did not spend any funds yet" (p1) and "We have yet to use opioid funds" (p2).

4 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies one program, Vaping Detection System, at 1,986.40 funded and expended, recipient Upper Freehold Board of Education, funded 12/04/2024 (pp2 to 3). It files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention as a further category and the Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids. It gives the problem as high school students vaping in schools and says vaping detectors should help with prevention because of fentanyl laced vapes. Its statement of impact is N/A. The books show what the figure bought. Account G-02-41-508-001 paid the Upper Freehold Board of Education 1,986.40 by check 8556 on 12/04/2024, purchase order 24-01962, described as a contribution to vaping sensors. It is the account's only payment and the certified figure to the cent. The Township produced no invoice, quote or district record showing what was bought. Exhibit E's school entry covers programs or strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing drug misuse. Vape sensors are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no prevention or cessation program using them is documented.

4 documents · 10/04/2026

The Township certified four event programs as opioid prevention under the name Ocean High on Life...Not Drugs. The FY2023 report funds the campaign at National Night Out at 2,489.91 and describes a photo booth and goodie bags with frisbees (pp6 to 7). The FY2024 report gives its total cost as 2,526.88 (p29). The books show AJH Entertainment paid 1,350.00 for a photo booth for National Night Out by check 2372 on 08/09/2023, and Amazon paid 724.78 for National Night Out supplies by check 2529 and Fire Safety Education 452.10 for National Night Out giveaways by check 2542, both on 09/14/2023. The FY2024 report certifies the campaign at Fall Fest at 3,280.14 as education for parents to talk with children about opioid use disorder (pp8 to 9). The books show a 1,350.00 photo booth for the Fall Fest by check 2693 on 10/12/2023, and 1,480.14 of Fall Fest giveaways by check 3208 and 450.00 of kites by check 3124, both on 01/11/2024. The FY2025 report certifies the campaign at Fall Fest at 1,785.97 and says the event was cancelled for weather (pp9 to 10). The books show 1,325.73 of Fall Fest promo items by check 4882 on 11/14/2024 and 460.24 of Amazon program supplies by check 5046 on 12/12/2024. The FY2025 report certifies the campaign at National Night Out at 458.46 with Target as recipient and says the 08/06/2024 event was cancelled for weather with 0 participants (pp12 to 13). Check 4689 paid the Township of Ocean itself 458.46 for National Night Out bikes on 10/10/2024. Photo booths, giveaways, kites and bikes are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no evidence-based program they serve is documented.

8 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2023 report lists a program named Substance Use/Mental Health Support Services for People Engaging in Criminal Activity, recipient LeadsOnline, funded 05/22/2023 and launched 05/31/2023 at 39,032.00 for a five year plan, primary category Diversion from Incarceration (pp4 to 5). It describes the program as use of LeadsOnline police data on crimes, crime patterns, stolen property and investigations to offer support resources. It reports no clients served. The report's certified expended figure, 69,772.30, is the four programs' funding amounts added together, so it counts the 39,032.00 as spent. The FY2025 update reports the program at 0.00 with no modifications and says the Township is still working on a program to connect people in contact with law enforcement with treatment (p8). The FY2026 update reports it at 0.00 and says the program has ended (p12). The produced books show no payment to LeadsOnline. The current fund account that carried FY2023 spending, 3-01-41-03592-701, was not produced. Exhibit E names pre-arrest diversion and deflection programs, not a police data service. No diversion program using it is documented.

3 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 46,799.23 spent between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1) and its one program, Social Worker Services, at 46,799.23 expended (p3). The Borough keeps its settlement money on two lines in department 621, Opioid Settlement Fund. On 05/10/2024 two entries described as Adjust Opioid Acct for NOAT II, Reference 5012, took 3,522.64 and 2,994.25 off line G-02-40-621-000 and put them on line G-02-40-621-001, Opioid Settlement Fund NOAT II. Check 2351 of 02/13/2025 paid Pulsse Services invoice 2025-001 for social worker service from 11/17/2024 to 12/29/2024 on order 24-01086. It charged 1,054.63 to line -000 and 6,516.89 to line -001. The two lines paid 53,316.12 in the year. The certified figure is the line -000 payments alone. No report counts the 6,516.89. The four reports certify 154,272.75 spent. The department total of Expended YTD on the audit trail printed 05/28/2026 is 160,789.64.

3 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026, and 183,692.89 of unspent and uncommitted money on hand (p2). It answers No to funding any program (p3). The Borough's Budget Account Status print for account G-02-41-828-000-001, National Opioid Settlement, is as of 06/03/2026, inside that period. It covers 01/01/2022 to 06/03/2026. It shows 31,023.92 adopted and 109,774.15 amended, 140,798.07 appropriated in all, with 0.00 expended, 0.00 encumbered and 140,798.07 unexpended. On 06/03/2026 the Borough held 140,798.07 appropriated and not spent. The report certifies none. The print gives no date for either amount. The FY2024 and FY2025 reports also certify 0.00 appropriated or encumbered.

4 documents · 10/04/2026

Documents

ledger18 filesOpen

vendor history15 filesOpen

dhs report4 filesOpen

Municipal records18 municipalitiesOpen

Correction from Monmouth County jurisdictions

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Frequently asked questions

Why does Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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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