Marlboro Township
- 01Certified a pizza shop order as police officer education616.55
- 02Counted one 5,079.75 check as spending in two years5,079.75
- 03First ledger produced left out a second opioid account10,519.75
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Marlboro Township has received $330,896.97 in opioid settlement funds and spent $103,328.83 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $5,079.75.
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
- Program name
- Education of police officers
- Recipient
- Marlboro Township
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $82,236.82
filed
- Program name
- Assistance to Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders
- Recipient
- Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders
- Recipient category
- Hospital/Healthcare Provider (including Mental Health or Substance Use Treatment Provider)
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $119,987.03
- Received to date
- $199,987.03
filed
- Program name
- Assistance to Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $5,079.75
- Unspent on hand
- $198,011.25
- Received to date
- $278,011.25
filed
- Program name
- Assistance to Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $93,828.55
- Unspent on hand
- $138,774.57
- Received to date
- $330,896.97
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 FY2026 report updates the 2023 program Education of police officers at 616.55 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026, with one training or education session and no modifications (pp5 to 6).
The FY2023 report gave its recipient as Marlboro Township, its target population as public safety officers and its purpose as education about opioid issues (p2). The FY2024 and FY2025 reports said no funds were encumbered or expended on it and that the program was not funded. The books show one charge to it. Purchase order 90177, dated 01/27/2026, pays Meli's Thin & Crispy Pizza Co. for refreshments for an opioid overdose awareness class drill on 01/20/2026. Check 39730 paid 616.55 on 02/12/2026 from account 02-213-22-923-106294 (account detail p7). The restaurant's receipt is a take-out order placed at 6:43 PM on 01/20/2026 for four plain pizzas, pasta trays, salads and sandwich platters, 695.94 less a 15 percent law enforcement discount of 104.39, plus a 25.00 tip. Besides a card slip, the order file holds a lesson plan titled Opioid Overdoses and the Use of Narcan for the EMT, and an email from the Marlboro EMS Chief inviting other squads' members to a blood borne pathogen drill and a Narcan drill at 7:30 that evening and asking for each attendee's EMT id. No record names a police officer, lists an attendee or shows a payment to a trainer. The report says the money educated police officers. The record shows it bought food for an EMS drill night. Food is not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
program-misclassification · 6 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 5,079.75 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1), all of it on Assistance to Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders (p3).
That is check 37053 to Discovery Institute, paid 06/12/2025 on purchase order 85804 from account 02-213-23-923-106294 (Discovery vendor history p1). The FY2026 report certifies 93,828.55 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1) and puts 44,363.80 of it on the same Discovery program (p5). The produced records show 88,748.80 paid from the two settlement accounts in that period, and nine of those checks, 39,284.05, went to Discovery. The certified 44,363.80 adds check 37053 to the nine. The certified 93,828.55 adds it to the 88,748.80, which makes it every payment the produced records show from the first one, check 37053, through 06/30/2026. Check 37053 was paid on 06/12/2025, in FY2025. The FY2026 figures count it again, so the two reports together certify 98,908.30 spent through 06/30/2026 against 93,828.55 the records show paid.
misreported-expenditure · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The first ledger the Township produced, an Account Detail generated 05/28/2026, covers one account, 02-213-22-923-106294, 2022 National Opioid Settlement.
It shows no payment before 08/28/2025. Vendor histories the Township produced later, printed 09/01/2026, show a second settlement account, 02-213-23-923-106294. It paid Discovery Institute three checks, 37053 for 5,079.75 on 06/12/2025, 37403 for 1,410.00 on 07/17/2025 and 37815 for 4,030.00 on 08/14/2025, 10,519.75 in all. Check 37053 is the whole of the FY2025 certified expended figure. The same histories name a third account, 02-213-24-923-106288, where the 2025 agreements with Discovery Institute and New Hope, 40,000.00 each, were encumbered on 07/10/2025 and from which they were removed on 08/14/2025. No account report for either of the two other accounts has been produced, so a payment from them to any other vendor would not appear in the record.
records-gap · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report updates Assistance to New Hope Integrated Behavioral Health Care at 48,848.20 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p5).
The FY2024 report describes the program as support for transportation to treatment or recovery programs for persons with OUD and any co-occurring conditions (pp3 to 4). Twelve payments to New Hope Behavioral Health Care from account 02-213-22-923-106294, 08/28/2025 to 05/21/2026, make the figure to the cent. The invoices behind them are Uber Health trip charges and Apex Ambulance, TransUnit and ABBA Medical transport, billed through the provider, ten of the twelve under contract R2025-193 (account detail pp1 to 10). Exhibit E lists transportation to treatment or recovery at B.7. The FY2026 encumbered figure, 98,293.85 (p2), also ties. It is the 20,728.85 open after 06/04/2026, plus the two 40,000.00 provider agreements encumbered on 06/09/2026, less the 2,435.00 paid on 06/18/2026.
conforming-spending · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account 02-213-22-923-106294, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/13/2024 | open | 79158 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAR · PLACEHOLDER Agreement with New Hope (OPIOIDS), undrawn balance at 08/31/2026 | 1,274.00 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 06/12/2025 | 37053 | 85804 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Agreement with Discovery (OPIOIDS), invoice 01 | 5,079.75 | Paid · Conforming |
| 07/17/2025 | 37403 | 86363 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Various Ambulance Calls, invoice 2744 | 1,410.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/14/2025 | 37815 | 86833 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Various Ambulance Calls, invoice 2791 | 4,030.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/14/2025 | open | 86652 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Agreement with Discovery (OPIOIDS), balance 06/04/2026 to 07/13/2026 | 15,877.45 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 08/14/2025 | open | 86658 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAR · Agreement with New Hope (OPIOIDS), undrawn balance at 08/31/2026 | 1,142.40 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 08/28/2025 | 37995 | DJ 3985 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · INV#JULY2025 ABBA Medical | 4,229.81 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/28/2025 | 37995 | DJ 3984 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · Support Transportation For Clients Jan - Jun | 6,988.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 10/02/2025 | 38358 | DJ 4565 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · ABBA Medical 1,168.00 + Apex Ambulance 2,555.61 | 3,723.61 | Paid · Conforming |
| 10/16/2025 | 38552 | DJ 4830 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · INV#3335 8/10/25 Ambulance Services | 970.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 10/30/2025 | 38776 | DJ 5166 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · ABBA Medical 584 + APEX Medical 1,200 + Uber Health trip charges 2,267.75 | 4,051.75 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/04/2025 | 39157 | DJ 5764 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Apex inv 3539 10/30/25 (many sub-rides ~229.75 each) | 9,721.50 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/04/2025 | 39158 | DJ 5765 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · 7/1/25 transportation (many sub-rides ~229.75 each) | 5,814.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/04/2025 | 39159 | DJ 5766 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · Apex inv 3538 10/29/25 (sub-rides 85.60-229.75 each) | 3,002.60 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/04/2025 | 39160 | DJ 5767 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · Apex inv 3153/3538, ABBA inv 35142, Uber stmt, TransUnit inv 3567 | 5,895.33 | Paid · Conforming |
| 02/12/2026 | 39729 | DJ 363 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · INV#2869 Transportation 300 + INV#12095 5038-25 7,696.04 | 7,996.04 | Paid · Conforming |
| 02/12/2026 | 39730 | DJ 364 | Meli's Thin & Crispy Pizza Co. · Reimbursement of eligible expenses (Replace 8...) | 616.55 | Paid · Unverified |
| 02/12/2026 | 39731 | DJ 365 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · INV#113025 19827-25 1,186.00 + uber charge 2,322.96 | 3,508.96 | Paid · Conforming |
| 03/12/2026 | 900242 | DJ 959 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · Uber health trip 2,394.47 + INV#35337 Abba Medical 1,168.00 | 3,562.47 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/02/2026 | 900459 | DJ 1289 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Transunit inv 4137 (sub-rides 300-380 each) | 1,350.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/23/2026 | 900690 | DJ 1611 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · Uber 1,186.47 + Feb 2026 INV#35559 + TransUnit INV#4139 | 3,064.47 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/23/2026 | 900690 | DJ 1610 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · Uber 2,464.23 + Jan 2026 INV#35455 + TransUnit INV#4016 | 4,076.23 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/21/2026 | 901017 | DJ 2218 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE · Uber 1,838.97 + March 2026 INV#35644 + TransUnit INV#4216 | 5,774.97 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/21/2026 | 901018 | DJ 2219 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · TransUnit INV#4279 (many sub-rides 89.35-300 each) | 5,027.51 | Paid · Conforming |
| 06/04/2026 | 901173 | DJ 2497 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Transunit inv 4109 (sub-rides 300 each) | 1,500.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 06/09/2026 | open | 92898 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Agreement with Discovery (OPIOIDS) | 40,000.00 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 06/09/2026 | open | 92901 | NEW HOPE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, INC. · Agreement with New Hope (OPIOIDS) | 40,000.00 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 06/18/2026 | 901354 | 92728 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · TRANSUNIT INV #4358, 8 sub-invoices 300.00 to 335.00 each | 2,435.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 07/13/2026 | open | 86652 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Funds released to PO 93491 | -2,100.00 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 07/13/2026 | open | 86652 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Funds released to PO 93492 | -970.00 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 07/13/2026 | open | 86652 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Funds released to PO 93494 | -6,430.28 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 08/06/2026 | 901889 | 93494 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · TRANSUNIT INV #4546, 4 sub-invoices | 806.50 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/06/2026 | 901890 | 93494 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · TRANSUNIT INV #4546, 25 sub-invoices 89.50 to 300.00 each | 5,623.78 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/06/2026 | 901891 | 93492 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · APEX INV#3335, 3 sub-invoices 300.00 / 300.00 / 370.00 | 970.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/06/2026 | 901891 | 93491 | DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · Transunit inv 4452, 7 sub-invoices at 300.00 | 2,100.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/18/2026 | open | 94184 | (Line Added), no description of goods or services | 2,500.00 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| Total paid | 103,328.83 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 102,712.28 |
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 $53,864.08, 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 Marlboro Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 9 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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Marlboro Township
Marlboro Township spends its opioid settlement money on transportation to treatment billed through two local providers, but its FY2026 report certified a 616.55 pizza order as police officer education and counted a FY2025 check as FY2026 spending.