Rockaway Township
- 01Certified the same two scholarships twice in one reportCertified against books conflict1,000.00
- 02Certified a Dave & Buster's graduation night as prevention2,000.00
- 03Certified 27,614.26 encumbered when 1,000.00 was open26,614.26
- 04Three program pages name a payee the ledger does not show4,497.50
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Rockaway Township has received $266,384.75 in opioid settlement funds and spent $43,990.33 of it. Its reports to the State certify $1,000.00 with no payee in the books.
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
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
- Recipient
- Prevention is Key
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $54,261.84
filed
- Program name
- Boys Council
- Recipient
- Prevention is Key
- Recipient category
- Community Based Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations
- Programs listed
- 18
- Amount expended
- $26,614.26
- Unspent on hand
- $80,629.12
- Received to date
- $162,505.22
filed
- Program name
- File of Life Magnets
- Recipient
- File of Life Foundation
- Recipient category
- Community Based Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations
- Programs listed
- 8
- Amount expended
- $8,163.77
- Unspent on hand
- $191,019.87
- Received to date
- $225,906.05
filed
- Program name
- 2024 Municipal Alliance Scholarship
- Recipient
- Kelly Zeman & Colin O'Connor - individual scholarship recipients
- Recipient category
- Others
- Programs listed
- 8
- Amount expended
- $10,492.30
- Unspent on hand
- $213,414.42
- Received to date
- $266,384.75
12 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 two programs at 1,000.00 spent each, the 2025 Municipal Alliance Scholarship (from p5) and the 2024 Municipal Alliance Scholarship (from p8).
Both name the same two recipients. Both give 7/15/2025 as the date funded and launched. Both sit inside the 10,492.30 the report certifies as spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1). The 2024 block itself says its two 500.00 scholarships were spent during the 2025 spending period (p11). Account 5-01-55-004-021 shows one pair of scholarship checks in the year, 101480 and 101443, 500.00 each on 07/15/2025, purchase orders 25-02408 and 25-02467. The 2024 scholarships went to two other students, checks 97862 and 97869 on 07/10/2024, from account 4-01-55-004-021, in the FY2025 year. The FY2024 report claimed those as encumbered and the FY2025 report left them out of its spending. One of the two certified 1,000.00 figures has no FY2026 payment behind it. Read the other way, it reports the 2024 scholarships as spent for the first time, in the wrong year and under the wrong recipients.
misreported-expenditure · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies Project Graduation Sponsorship for Morris Hills and Morris Knolls High Schools at 2,000.00 spent, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (pp9 to 10).
It describes a graduation night celebration with entertainment, food and activities. Account 5-01-55-004-021 shows where the money went. Purchase order 25-02105, MORRIS HILLS PROJECT, paid Dave & Buster's of NJ 1,000.00 by check 100934 on 06/09/2025. Purchase order 25-02104 paid Morris Knolls Project 1,000.00 by check 100973 the same day. The same two checks also carried 2,500.00 and 3,125.00 from the Municipal Alliance trust account T-21-56-883-101. The trust had paid Dave & Buster's for project graduation in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and Morris Knolls Project in 2021 and 2024. A graduation night at an arcade and restaurant is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. No evidence-based program the party serves is documented, and no listed use covers it.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 26,614.26 expended and 27,614.26 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent between 7/1/2023 and 6/30/2024 (p1).
The encumbered figure is the expended figure plus 1,000.00, to the cent. The report's own program pages list one encumbrance, 1,000.00 for Municipal Alliance Scholarships (from p38), and 0.00 for the other seventeen programs. The books agree with the program pages. Purchase orders 24-02327 and 24-02420, first encumbered 06/19/2024 and 06/26/2024 and paid by checks 97862 and 97869 on 07/10/2024, were the only orders open on the produced settlement accounts at 06/30/2024. The other 26,614.26 had already been paid, by checks dated 12/21/2023 to 06/19/2024. The report counts that money once as spent and again as committed.
fake-encumbrance · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies NARCAN Distribution at 3,800.00 with Emergent Devices Inc. as the recipient, funded 01/17/2024 (from p40).
Account 3-01-40-714-000 shows the 3,800.00 paid to V.E. Ralph and Son on purchase order 23-04015, check 96329, on 01/18/2024. Emergent Devices' payment history with the Township from 01/01/2018 to 08/28/2026 is one order of 1,188.00, paid 08/26/2024. The FY2024 report certifies Panel on Grief at 200.00 with the Mental Health Association as the recipient (from p22). The ledger shows the 200.00 paid to the individual panelist on purchase order 24-01401, check 97726, on 06/19/2024. The FY2025 report certifies Gizmo's Pawesome Guide to Mental Health at 497.50 with Vanguard Direct Inc. as the recipient (from p14). The ledger shows the 497.50 reimbursed to an individual on purchase order 24-03300, check 99095, on 11/14/2024. Each amount ties to the cent. The recipient each page names was not paid.
false-characterization · 6 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies Veterans Resource Fair at 1,364.26 spent with Positive Promotions, under Recovery Supports (pp36 to 38).
The FY2025 report certifies Senior Resource Bags at 1,391.85 spent with Positive Promotions, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (pp5 to 6). The settlement accounts show what each figure bought. Purchase order 24-01242, VETERANS RESOURCE TOTE BAGS 1,167.50, a set up fee of 62.50 and shipping of 134.26, was paid by check 97471 on 06/05/2024. Purchase order 25-02817, Senior Resource Bags 1,190.00, a set up fee of 65.00 and shipping of 136.85, was paid by check 101807 on 08/25/2025. Each certified figure is one bag order to the cent. The FY2025 report says each bag held opioid prevention information. No order for printed material appears on the settlement accounts. No listed use covers printed tote bags, and no evidence-based program behind them is documented.
program-misclassification · 5 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies File of Life Magnets at 2,284.48 spent, refrigerator magnets and wallet cards that it says improve emergency response (pp16 to 18).
It certifies Translation Earbuds for Community Engagement at 301.94 spent, bought from Amazon (pp10 to 12). Both sit under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training. Purchase order 24-02605, FILE OF LIFE MAGNETS, paid the File of Life Foundation 2,200.00 from account 4-01-55-004-021 and 84.48 from account 3-01-40-714-000, check 98331 on 09/05/2024. Purchase order 25-01493 paid Amazon 294.95 for Translation Earbuds and 6.99 for shipping, check 101214 on 06/25/2025. Each certified figure ties to the cent. A File of Life holds a resident's medical information for emergency crews. Neither medical information magnets nor translation earbuds are among the uses Exhibit E lists. No overdose or prevention program using them is documented, and no listed use covers them.
program-misclassification · 6 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies two Chair Yoga programs, 375.00 and 425.00 spent, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (pp18 to 22).
It describes mobile yoga and wellness classes aimed at mental health and stress management. Account 4-01-55-004-021 shows the two payments. Purchase order 24-01305, Chair Yoga Instructor, paid the instructor 375.00 by check 97703 on 06/14/2024. Purchase order 24-01196, CHAIR YOGA Rental Fee, paid Rockaway Twp. Post #344 425.00 for the hall by check 97155 on 04/25/2024. The two figures tie to the cent. Yoga classes are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. No program for people with or at risk of opioid use disorder is documented, and no listed use covers the classes.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026Each report from FY2024 to FY2026 certifies Municipal Alliance Scholarships under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training.
FY2024 gives 1,000.00 encumbered (pp38 to 40). FY2025 gives 500.00 encumbered (pp7 to 8). FY2026 gives a 2025 and a 2024 scholarship block at 1,000.00 spent each (pp5 to 11). The settlement accounts show four 500.00 checks to students. Purchase orders 24-02327 and 24-02420 were paid by checks 97862 and 97869 on 07/10/2024. Purchase orders 25-02408 and 25-02467 were paid by checks 101480 and 101443 on 07/15/2025. The four checks total 2,000.00. The reports describe awards that recognize students. Student scholarships are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers them. No prevention program the awards fund is documented.
program-misclassification · 5 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies Canvas and Calmness - Wellness Painting Program at 361.77 spent with Inspiring Kids, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (pp25 to 27).
It describes a guided painting activity for 16 people to promote relaxation and stress management. Account 5-01-55-004-021 shows the payments. Purchase order 25-03659 paid Inspiring Kids 250.00 for the Wellness Painting Program and 70.00 for the remaining balance, check 103530 on 02/20/2026. Purchase order 26-00639 reimbursed an individual 41.77 for Refreshments for Wellness, check 103600 on 03/03/2026. The three payments make the certified figure to the cent. The report says opioid information was discussed at the session. The money bought a painting class and refreshments. Art classes and food are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. No evidence-based program behind them is documented, and no listed use covers them.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 8,163.77 expended between 7/1/2024 and 6/30/2025 (p1).
One of its programs is Senior Resource Bags, Positive Promotions, 1,391.85 expended, with a funding date of 06/30/2025 and a launch date of 09/11/2025 (pp5 to 6). Purchase order 25-02817 for the bags, the set-up fee and shipping, 1,190.00, 65.00 and 136.85, was first encumbered on 07/31/2025 and paid by check 101807 on 08/25/2025, after the year closed. The settlement accounts paid 7,771.92 in the year. The certified 8,163.77 is that figure less the 1,000.00 of scholarships paid 07/10/2024, which the FY2024 report had claimed as encumbered, plus the 1,391.85 of bags.
misreported-expenditure · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 225,906.05 received since 2022, 8,163.77 spent between 7/1/2024 and 6/30/2025, 500.00 encumbered and 191,019.87 of unspent funds on hand (p1).
The FY2024 report certifies 26,614.26 spent and the FY2023 report 0.00 (p1 of each). On the reports' own figures the Township held 225,906.05 less 34,778.03 spent and 500.00 committed, 190,628.02. The certified on hand figure is 391.85 higher. It is what remains when the year's spending is 7,771.92, the amount the settlement accounts paid between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025, not the 8,163.77 the same page certifies. The two answers on page 1 cannot both be true.
self-contradiction · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 162,505.22 received since 2022, 108,243.38 of it between 7/1/2023 and 6/30/2024, and 80,629.12 of unspent funds on hand from any reporting year (p1).
80,629.12 is the year's receipts less the 27,614.26 the report certifies as encumbered, to the cent. It leaves out the 54,261.84 the FY2023 report certifies as received through 6/30/23, of which that report says 0.00 was spent (p1). On the FY2024 report's own figures the Township held 162,505.22 less 26,614.26 spent and 1,000.00 committed, 134,890.96. The certified unspent figure is short by 54,261.84, the FY2023 receipts exactly.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Fake encumbrances
The ledger, as printed.
Account 2-01-40-714-000, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/21/2023 | 96118 | 23-04106 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Girls Circle: Birchwood School | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/21/2023 | 96118 | 23-04104 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Primary Prevention Program | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/21/2023 | 96118 | 23-04105 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Primary Prevention Program | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/21/2023 | 96118 | 23-04109 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Girls Circle: Copeland Middle | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/21/2023 | 96118 | 23-04107 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Life Skills: Birchwood School | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/21/2023 | 96118 | 23-04108 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Boys Council: Copeland Middle | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/18/2024 | 96329 | 23-04015 | V.E. RALPH & SON INC. · NARCAN NASAL SPRAY 4MG 2/BOX | 3,800.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/25/2024 | 97155 | 24-01196 | Rockaway Twp. Post #344 · CHAIR YOGA- Rental Fee | 425.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/15/2024 | 97316 | 24-01130 | MpoweredParent LLC · Timothy Shoemaker Program | 3,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/05/2024 | 97456 | 24-01429 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Primary Prevention Footprints | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/05/2024 | 97456 | 24-01427 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Life Skills: 5th - 8th grade | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/05/2024 | 97456 | 24-01428 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Footprints for Life: 2nd Grade | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/05/2024 | 97456 | 24-01705 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Girls Circle: 5th Grade | 1,650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/05/2024 | 97471 | 24-01242 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS INC · VETERANS RESOURCE TOTE BAGS | 1,167.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/05/2024 | 97471 | 24-01242 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS INC · Set up fee | 62.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/05/2024 | 97471 | 24-01242 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS INC · shipping | 134.26 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/14/2024 | 97666 | 24-02023 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · PIK Road to Recovery | 950.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/14/2024 | 97703 | 24-01305 | KARIN M. LEGGEMANN-GERMAN · Chair Yoga Instructor | 375.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/19/2024 | 97726 | 24-01401 | DIANE LANG · June 11th Panel on Grief | 200.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/10/2024 | 97862 | 24-02327 | BRADY GAEB · MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE SCHOLARSHIP | 500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/10/2024 | 97869 | 24-02420 | LEXIE HAIGH · MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE SCHOLARSHIP | 500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/26/2024 | 98259 | 24-02631 | EMERGENT DEVICES INC. · NARCAN (3 Cases) | 683.54 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/26/2024 | 98259 | 24-02631 | EMERGENT DEVICES INC. · NARCAN (3 Cases) | 504.46 | Paid · Conforming |
| 09/05/2024 | 98331 | 24-02605 | FILE OF LIFE FOUNDATION, INC. · FILE OF LIFE MAGNETS | 84.48 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/05/2024 | 98331 | 24-02605 | FILE OF LIFE FOUNDATION, INC. · FILE OF LIFE MAGNETS | 2,200.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/14/2024 | 99095 | 24-03300 | Brittany Bernstein · GIZMO BOOK | 497.50 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/16/2025 | 100563 | 25-01118 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · March 2025 Recognition Sponsor | 500.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/09/2025 | 100934 | 25-02105 | DAVE & BUSTERS OF NJ INC · MORRIS HILLS PROJECT | 1,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/09/2025 | 100973 | 25-02104 | MORRIS KNOLLS PROJECT · MORRIS KNOLLS PROJECT | 1,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/25/2025 | 101214 | 25-01493 | Amazon Services LLC · Translation Earbuds | 294.95 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/25/2025 | 101214 | 25-01493 | Amazon Services LLC · Shipping & Handling | 6.99 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/15/2025 | 101443 | 25-02467 | Colin Robert O'Connor · Municipal Alliance Scholarship | 500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/15/2025 | 101480 | 25-02408 | KELLY ZEMAN · Municipal Alliance Scholarship | 500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/25/2025 | 101807 | 25-02817 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS INC · Senior Resource Bags | 1,190.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/25/2025 | 101807 | 25-02817 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS INC · Set Up Fee | 65.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/25/2025 | 101807 | 25-02817 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS INC · Shipping & Handling | 136.85 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/29/2025 | 102380 | 25-03658 | Amazon Services LLC · Wheel of Health | 50.53 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/15/2025 | open | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · PREVENTION IS KEY | 6,700.00 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Dennis B O'Brien | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Birchwood School | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Dennis B O'Brien | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Dennis B O'Brien | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Dennis B O'Brien | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Dennis B O'Brien | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Dennis B O'Brien | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Dennis B O'Brien | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Lifeskills- Birchwood School | 600.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/23/2026 | 103291 | 25-04394 | MORRIS COUNTY PREVENTION IS · Hidden in Plain Sight | 900.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 02/20/2026 | 103530 | 25-03659 | INSPIRING KIDS, INC · Wellness Painting Program | 250.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/20/2026 | 103530 | 25-03659 | INSPIRING KIDS, INC · Remaining Balance Due | 70.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 03/03/2026 | 103600 | 26-00639 | Brittany Bernstein · Refreshments for Wellness | 41.77 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01634 | RIVERSTONE THERAPIES, LLC · DRUM CIRCLE | 280.00 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 05/12/2026 | 104326 | 26-00512 | CATCH YOU LATER FOUNDATION · DONATION | 500.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 43,990.33 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 4,988.00 |
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 $24,250.00, 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 Rockaway Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 37 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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Rockaway Township certified a Dave & Buster's graduation night, tote bags, chair yoga, scholarships and medical magnets as opioid prevention, and its reports to the State count one pair of scholarships twice, count paid bills as still committed and misstate its balances.