Hanover Township
- 01Certified a human trafficking talk as harm reduction2,880.00
- 02FY2025 report counts one 300.00 police charge twice300.00
- 03Certified 128,595.41 encumbered with no order open128,595.41
- 04Reported 124,530.72 on hand, more than it ever received2,213.83
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Hanover Township has received $154,613.24 in opioid settlement funds and spent $18,180.00 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $300.00.
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
- $23,542.29
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $80,375.97
- Received to date
- $80,375.97
filed
- Program name
- Chris Heren Talks
- Recipient
- Chris Heren Talks Inc
- Recipient category
- Private/For-profit Organizations
- Amount expended
- $15,600.00
- Unspent on hand
- $124,530.72
- Received to date
- $122,316.89
filed
- Program name
- Trafficking
- Recipient
- Human Trafficking Awareness / Kopacz
- Recipient category
- Community Based Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations; Private/For-profit Organizations
- Amount expended
- $2,880.00
- Unspent on hand
- $128,595.41
- Received to date
- $154,613.24
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 lists one program, Trafficking, at 2,880.00 funded and spent, recipients Human Trafficking Awareness / Kopacz (pp4 to 6).
It gives the primary problem as human trafficking and the purpose as trafficking awareness. It files the program under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, with the Schedule B strategies Support People in Treatment and Recovery and Connections to Care, and reports 250 people served. The account paid two items in the period. Check 5437 paid a speaker 1,500.00 on 05/05/2026 on purchase order 26-01272, described as HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS. Check 5260 paid the Township's meeting videographer 1,380.00 on 04/07/2026 on purchase order 26-00942 line 2, described as Recreation Department OE. The same check paid him 385.00 on line 1 for taping the Township Committee from the general budget. The two opioid payments make the certified figure to the cent. A human trafficking talk and event recording are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. No listed use covers them, and no treatment, recovery or overdose program behind either payment is documented.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 15,600.00 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 and 300.00 of administrative expenses, described as police service for a program that was provided (p1).
Its one program, Chris Heren Talks, is certified at 15,300.00 expended to Chris Heren Talks Inc (p2). The account paid two items in that period. Check 2623 paid Herren Talks Inc 15,000.00 on 03/13/2025 on purchase order 25-00303. Check 3071 paid the Township of Hanover 300.00 on 05/08/2025 on purchase order 25-01054, described as police service on 04/02/2025 at Whippany Park High School, the day of the presentations. The two payments make the program figure to the cent, so the 300.00 police charge sits inside the amount certified to the speaker. The report then counts it again as administrative cost. The books show 15,300.00 spent, not 15,600.00, and the speaker was paid 15,000.00, not 15,300.00.
misreported-expenditure · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 128,595.41 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026 (p2).
Its one program block certifies 0.00 encumbered (p5). The same report certifies the same 128,595.41 as unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (p2). The account 6-01-55-0128-2499 shows no order open on 06/30/2026. Its balance from 06/25/2026 to 08/04/2026 was 128,595.41, an appropriation with nothing committed against it. The next order, a 4imprint order of 347.88, was first entered 08/05/2026. The report counts the same money as committed and as uncommitted. Its spent, encumbered and on hand figures add to 260,070.82. It certifies 154,613.24 received since 2022 (p1).
fake-encumbrance · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 124,530.72 of unspent and uncommitted settlement funds on hand (p1).
The same report certifies 122,316.89 received since 2022, interest included (p1). The figure on hand is 2,213.83 more than every dollar the Township reports it ever received. The report also certifies 15,600.00 spent, so no more than 106,716.89 could remain. The account 5-01-55-0128-2499 showed a balance of 99,179.06 from 06/12/2025 through 08/13/2025. On 08/14/2025, after the period closed, the Township raised the account's appropriation to 139,830.72. That figure less the 15,300.00 paid is 124,530.72 to the cent. An appropriation is a budget figure, and this one includes 28,439.91 added after 06/30/2025.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/04/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Fake encumbrances
The ledger, as printed.
Account 190-0128 RES OPIOID SETTLEMENT, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/13/2025 | 2623 | 25-00303 | HERREN TALKS INC. (HERRE005) · OPIOID 0/E | 15,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/08/2025 | 3071 | 25-01054 | TOWNSHIP OF HANOVER (TOWNS030) · POLICE SERVICE- 4/2/25 WPHS | 300.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/07/2026 | 26-00942 | KOPACZ, ROBERT (KOPAC005) · Recreation Department OE | 1,380.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | |
| 05/05/2026 | 26-01272 | CAVALLO, GINA (CAVAL010) · HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS | 1,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | |
| 08/05/2026 | open | 26-02354 | 4IMPRINT INC (4IMPR005) · Opioid OE | 347.88 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 08/14/2026 | open | 26-02447 | 4IMPRINT INC (4IMPR005) · Opioid Other Expense | 471.83 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 08/24/2026 | open | 26-02538 | 4IMPRINT INC (4IMPR005) · Opioid Other Expense | 394.70 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 08/24/2026 | open | 26-02539 | 4IMPRINT INC (4IMPR005) · Opioid Other Expense | 293.42 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 08/27/2026 | 26-02536 | 4IMPRINT INC (4IMPR005) · Opioid Other Expense | 293.42 | Journal · Unverified | |
| 08/27/2026 | 26-02537 | 4IMPRINT INC (4IMPR005) · Opioid Other Expense | 293.42 | Journal · Unverified | |
| Total paid | 18,180.00 | ||||
| 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 $15,000.00, 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 Hanover 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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Hanover Township certified a human trafficking talk and its meeting videographer as harm reduction, and its reports to the State count a police charge twice and money it did not have.