County · County government · 12 municipalities · 13 jurisdictions in total

Passaic County

13 jurisdictions in Passaic County receive opioid settlement funds. They are the county government and 12 municipalities. Complete ledgers have been produced for 2 of them. 5 jurisdictions are graded F for certifying spending that does not exist in the books.

Complete ledgers · 2 of 13Records refused · 0Graded F · 5
Grade board · 13 jurisdictionsPassaic County · provisionalGrade F · provisional
Clifton · provisionalGrade D · provisionalHawthorne · provisionalGrade F · provisionalLittle Falls Township · provisionalGrade A · provisionalPassaicGrade FPatersonRecords pendingPompton Lakes · provisionalGrade F · provisionalRingwood · provisionalGrade F · provisionalTotowaRecords pendingWanaqueGrade CWayne TownshipNo spending reportedWest Milford Township · provisionalGrade D · provisionalWoodland Park · provisionalGrade D · provisional
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  • D
  • F
  • Not yet graded
  • Records refused
County wide · county government and 12 municipalities · 2 of 13 with complete ledgers
Received$9,091,510.44Cumulative, as each jurisdiction last certified to the State
Spent, verified$2,425,394.62Summed from the ledger rows published here
Non-conforming$1,282,853.20Classified against the Exhibit E gates
Misreported to the StateCertified against books conflict$111,969.68Certified figures the books do not support
Every figure is summed over the county government and 12 municipalities, from the published rows, in whole cents. A jurisdiction with no ledger adds nothing to spent.

The county government

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

Received$4,899,359.16Cumulative, as last certified to the State
Paid$1,729,346.62Summed from the county ledger
Misreported to the StateCertified against books conflict$78,117.10Certified figures the county books do not support
FGrade F · provisional
Grade F · provisional · rubric v5Grade F · provisional
Reporting integrity · weight 50
76.43 / 100
Spending conformity · weight 40
7.37 / 100
Transparency · weight 10
100 / 100
Weighted score
51.16 · F
How grades work

12 municipalities

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

Graded municipalities in Passaic County, sorted by dollars misreported to the State, largest first
GradeMunicipality and patternsSpent, verifiedMisreported to State
FGrade FPassaic
Funding-source substitution · Fake encumbrances
219,738.97Certified against books conflict22,865.92
FGrade FHawthorne52,092.61Certified against books conflict8,461.66
DGrade DWoodland Park16,415.92Certified against books conflict2,250.00
FGrade FRingwood
Funding-source substitution · Fake encumbrances · Phantom programs
12,856.02Certified against books conflict275.00
DGrade DClifton370,076.35No figure published
AGrade ALittle Falls TownshipNo figure publishedNo figure published
FGrade FPompton Lakes20,572.50No figure published
CGrade CWanaque1,500.00No figure published
DGrade DWest Milford Township2,795.63No figure published
Not yet graded · 3

Paterson Records pending · Totowa Records pending · Wayne Township No spending reported

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.

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Funding-source substitution

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

FGrade FFGrade FFGrade FFindings
2

Fake encumbrances

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

FGrade FFGrade FFindings
1

Phantom programs

A program certified to the State with no matching payment in the books.

FGrade FFindings
Findings in Passaic County

The FY2025 report certifies 1,500.00 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1, Q6). Asked at Q11 how the Borough decided to use the funds it received that year, the same report answers "Still in the planning stages. No decision has been made yet" (p2). At Q16 it answers No to funding any new program in the year (p2). Its program page then lists one new program, Black Poster Project, recipient Lakeland High School, funded 05/13/2025 and launched 05/22/2025, with 1,500.00 expended (pp2 to 3). The books show purchase order 25-00427 to The Black Poster Project, described as poster project, encumbered and paid by check 2237 on 05/13/2025 for 1,500.00. The order was placed and paid inside the year the report covers. The report cannot say both that no decision was made and no new program was funded, and that a new program was funded and paid.

3 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2025 report certifies one program, the Pompton Lakes Walk for Hope, with DC Apparel as the funding recipient and 3,382.50 funded and expended (p2, p3). It gives the primary problem as Mental Health Awareness (p2) and files the program under primary category Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention and Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (p4). The books show what the money bought. DC Apparel check 10074 of 05/29/2025 paid 700.00 for 200 grocery tote bags on purchase order 25-00550 and 2,682.50 for 250 T-shirts on purchase order 25-00551, the certified figure to the cent. The same check charged 1,000.00 more on purchase order 25-00550 to the Borough's Stigma Free Grant line. The 2026 walk T-shirts, 1,600.00 from Home Field Advantage on purchase order 26-00558, are the FY2026 report's certified encumbrance. No overdose or prevention program that the apparel serves is documented. Apparel is not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers it.

4 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2024 report, page 1, certifies 6,498.16 expended in the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024. On 06/18/2024 budget journal 4387 charged the settlement account 25,200.00 and budget journal 4389 charged it 4,164.08, a total of 29,364.08 in the period. The report left out 22,865.92. The certified 6,498.16 is not the sum of any combination of the 28 journal lines. The report still balances. It certifies 598,320.40 unspent on hand. That is the true balance, the 627,684.48 of settlement wires received by 06/17/2024 less the 29,364.08 charged. To reach it with only 6,498.16 spent, the report lists 395,229.50 received in the year. The Revenue Detail Inquiry shows 418,095.42 of wires between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024. The receipts line is short by the same 22,865.92. The report answers No when asked whether the City funded any programs that year. The two journals moved Dr. Nirmal Trivedi intensive outpatient invoices and Zoobook Systems health record fees onto the fund. The later reports build on the short receipts line. The FY2026 report certifies 1,015,695.88 received since 2022. The two Revenue Detail Inquiries show 1,038,561.80 received through 06/30/2026, 22,865.92 more.

6 documents · 09/25/2026

The FY2024 report certifies 54,080.05 received from 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024 and 81,190.10 received since the distribution began in 2022 (p1). It certifies 0.00 spent, 0.00 appropriated or encumbered and 0.00 of administrative expenses for the year (p1). The FY2023 report certifies 27,110.05 received and 0.00 expended through 6/30/23 (p1). On the reports' own figures the Township held 81,190.10 unspent at 06/30/2024. The FY2024 report certifies 27,110.05 of unspent and uncommitted money on hand (p1). That is the FY2023 receipt figure. It leaves out the 54,080.05 the same page says arrived in FY2024. The settlement account made no payment before 01/30/2026, and the FY2025 report certifies 105,076.10 on hand, its full receipts since 2022.

4 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 of unspent and uncommitted funds currently on hand (p2). It certifies 0.00 encumbered (p2), 600.00 spent in the year and 83,631.66 received since 2022 (p1). The four reports certify 2,965.92, 2,250.00, 10,600.00 and 600.00 spent, 16,415.92 in all. On the report's own figures, 83,631.66 received less 16,415.92 spent leaves 67,215.74. The settlement account, G-01-22-750-301-001, prints a modified budget of 51,037.16, expended 16,415.92 and a 616.49 reclass to sub-account G-01-22-750-301-002. That leaves 34,004.75 unexpended. The audit trails printed 06/03/2026 and 09/01/2026 both show 34,004.75 unexpended and nothing encumbered. The next order, 26-01543 for 4,850.00, was opened 09/09/2026. The 06/03/2026 print also shows 2,981.49 unexpended in sub-account -002 and 1,269.31 in sub-account -003. A report of 0.00 on hand and a book balance of 34,004.75 cannot both be true.

7 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 242,148.38 received between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025, 47,242.16 of interest in the same period, and 1,508,824.88 received since the distribution commenced in 2022, interest included (p1, questions 1 to 3). That is the 1,219,434.34 the FY2024 report certifies as received since 2022 plus the year's receipts and interest, to the cent. The report certifies 0.00 expended, 0.00 appropriated or encumbered and 0.00 of administrative expense. It certifies 1,695,753.21 of unspent and uncommitted money on hand (p1, question 9). That is 186,928.33 more than every dollar the City says it ever received. The FY2024 report had put the balance at 1,219,434.34, equal to everything received. The FY2025 balance rose 476,318.87 in a year in which receipts and interest came to 289,390.54. The City has produced no ledger.

2 documents · 10/03/2026

Documents
vendor history9 filesOpen
ledger1 fileOpen
contract6 filesOpen
purchase order1 fileOpen
resolution1 fileOpen
dhs report4 filesOpen
other1 fileOpen
Municipal records12 municipalitiesOpen
Correction from Passaic County jurisdictions

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does Passaic 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 Passaic 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