Montgomery Township
- 01Certified 100,062.58 received in FY2024, books 23,115.9676,946.62
- 02Certified gift cards, pouches and popcorn as prevention1,164.82
- 03Reported 152,581.21 on hand, more than all money received24,050.40
- 04Certified T-shirts, snacks and decorations as prevention3,122.58
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Montgomery Township has received $222,520.81 in opioid settlement funds and spent $21,219.63 of it.
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
- $33,876.03
filed
- Program name
- Beat the Winter Blues
- Recipient
- Montgomery Township
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $4,754.81
- Unspent on hand
- $95,307.77
- Received to date
- $136,938.61
filed
- Program name
- Certificate Program: Operational Readiness for Police Officers - Practical Strategies for Addressing Opioid Use Disorder and Co-occurring Conditions
- Recipient
- Seton Hall University
- Recipient category
- Schools, Colleges, Universities
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $16,464.82
- Unspent on hand
- $90,890.08
- Received to date
- $195,691.97
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $152,581.21
- Received to date
- $222,520.81
7 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 FY2024 report certifies 100,062.58 received between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024 and 136,938.61 received since the distribution began in 2022 (p1, questions 1 and 3).
The Township's grant account, 02-214-41-792-000, shows four receipts in that period. They are 7,842.57 on 08/09/2023, 1,997.75 on 11/27/2023, 4,514.97 on 05/24/2024 and 8,760.67 on 06/25/2024, 23,115.96 in all. The certified figure is 76,946.62 more. It is not a sum of receipts. It is the report's own spent figure, 4,754.81, plus its unspent on hand figure, 95,307.77, to the cent. With the 33,876.03 the FY2023 report certifies and the books confirm, the books show 56,991.99 received since 2022, not 136,938.61. The FY2025 and FY2026 reports carry the FY2024 figure forward in their totals received since 2022.
misreported-receipts · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies Red Ribbon Week at 1,164.82 funded and spent, primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention as a further category and Prevent Misuse of Opioids as its Schedule B strategy (pp2 to 5).
It reports 2,000 participants served. The spending account shows three purchases. NIMCO Bubble Pop zipper pouches, purchase order 39288, check 85663 on 11/14/2024, 929.50. Amazon giant popcorn boxes with foam board, purchase order 39018, check 85596 on 11/14/2024, 160.32. ShopRite movie gift cards for poster contest winners, purchase order 39989, check 85901 on 12/19/2024, 75.00. The three make the certified figure to the cent. No listed use covers giveaway pouches, popcorn boxes or gift cards, and no record produced shows the prevention education the report describes.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 26,828.84 received between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026, 222,520.81 received since 2022, 0.00 spent and 152,581.21 unspent on hand (pp1 to 2, questions 1, 3, 6 and 9).
The grant account, 02-214-41-792-000, shows seven receipts from 07/07/2025 to 05/06/2026 totaling 35,005.09, where its print ends. That is 8,176.25 more than the certified receipts for the year. Every receipt the Township's accounts show from 08/24/2022 to 05/06/2026 totals 149,750.44. The certified on hand figure is 2,830.77 more than all of it, before the 21,219.63 the spending account paid out from 11/09/2023 to 04/03/2025. At their last prints the spending account, 02-213-41-792-000, held 115,102.01 on 09/08/2025 and the grant account held 13,428.80 on 05/06/2026, 128,530.81 in all. The certified figure is 24,050.40 above that.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies two programs under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training.
Beat the Winter Blues, 3,220.55, was a February 2024 health event. The report says its costs were limited to supplies such as healthy coping giveaway magnets and that the speakers volunteered (pp2 to 5). Red Ribbon Week, 1,534.26, was a Trunk or Treat in October 2023 (pp5 to 8). The spending account shows what was bought. CustomInk T-shirts, purchase order 36228, check 84304, 2,956.50, and ShopRite snacks and water bottles, purchase order 36381, check 84377, 85.52, were both paid on 03/21/2024 and make 3,042.02 of the 3,213.55 paid for the Winter Blues event. An Amazon Halloween table runner, 30.90, and Halloween creepy cloth, 49.66, both paid by check 83658 on 11/09/2023, are 80.56 of the Trunk or Treat purchases. Together the items total 3,122.58. No listed use covers T-shirts, snacks or Halloween decorations, and no record produced shows prevention education delivered with them.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 95,307.77 unspent on hand (p1, question 9).
Through 06/30/2024 the books show 56,991.99 received since 2022 and 4,754.81 spent. On that date the spending account, 02-213-41-792-000, held 38,961.54 and the grant account, 02-214-41-792-000, held 13,275.64, 52,237.18 in all. The certified figure is 43,070.59 more, and 38,315.78 more than every receipt through 06/30/2024. It is the spending account balance after journal GJ 104 of 08/16/2024 moved 56,346.23 into it. Of that, 47,585.56 came from five receipts dated 07/03/2024 to 08/12/2024, after the period closed.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies the Certificate Program Operational Readiness for Police Officers at 15,300.00 spent.
It names Seton Hall University as the funding recipient, in the category Schools, Colleges, Universities (p5). It says the program was implemented through a purchase order agreement between the Township and Seton Hall University (p7). The books show purchase order 40927 to ZSchool, LLC, vendor 7738, paid by check 86422 on 04/03/2025 on invoice 000729, Certificate Program Operational Readiness. The Seton Hall University vendor history, 01/01/2018 to 08/28/2026, shows no order or payment after 03/05/2020 and none from the settlement account. The Township's invoice was not produced. The report names a recipient and an agreement that the books do not show.
false-characterization · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 90,890.08 unspent on hand (p1, question 9).
On 06/30/2025 the spending account, 02-213-41-792-000, held 78,842.95 and the grant account, 02-214-41-792-000, held 14,682.77, 93,525.72 in all. That is the 114,745.35 the books show received since 2022 less the 21,219.63 spent, to the cent. The certified figure is the spending account balance after journal GJ 118 of 08/25/2025 moved 12,047.13 into it. That journal carries the grant account balance as it stood on 10/15/2024. It leaves out the Walgreens receipt of 2,635.64 on 04/22/2025, the exact difference.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account 02-120-03-792-000, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/24/2022 | National Opioid Settlement | 8,092.36 | Receipt | ||
| 11/15/2022 | 2nd Opioid Settlement Check | 8,463.45 | Receipt | ||
| 01/03/2023 | Opioid Settlement | 10,096.59 | Receipt | ||
| 02/14/2023 | Opioid Settlement | 1,698.09 | Receipt | ||
| 06/29/2023 | Opioids Settlement | 5,525.54 | Receipt | ||
| 08/09/2023 | Opioid Grant | 7,842.57 | Receipt | ||
| 11/09/2023 | 83658 | 35005 | AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, INC. · Halloween Table Runner, Black Spider Web | 30.90 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/09/2023 | 83658 | 35104 | AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, INC. · 3PCS Halloween Creepy Cloth 30x144 inch Scary | 49.66 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/09/2023 | 83717 | 35004 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS, INC · GN-423V Say Boo to Drugs Safety Glow Bracelet | 436.30 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/09/2023 | 83721 | 35018 | RED BARN PRINTING, LLC · 18" x 24" double sided yard sign and stakes | 38.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/09/2023 | 83725 | 35132 | SAKER SHOPRITE, INC. · Blanket PO for Supplies | 3.99 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/27/2023 | Opiod Settlement | 1,997.75 | Receipt | ||
| 12/21/2023 | 83953 | 35132 | SAKER SHOPRITE, INC. · Blanket PO for Supplies | 9.99 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/21/2024 | 84276 | 36380 | AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, INC. · Copkim 20 Pcs Mental Health Fridge Magnets | 171.53 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/21/2024 | 84304 | 36228 | CUSTOMINK, LLC · Bella & Canvas T-Shirt Size: Small - 1 Color | 2,956.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 03/21/2024 | 84377 | 36381 | SAKER SHOPRITE, INC. · snacks and water bottles | 85.52 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/02/2024 | 84597 | 37097 | NEW JERSEY PREVENTION NETWORK · Kiele Cruse Registration Fee for NJPN 24th Annual | 700.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/24/2024 | Opioid Grant | 4,514.97 | Receipt | ||
| 06/06/2024 | 84750 | 37550 | BROWN, JOSLYNN · Reimbursement - Joslynn Brown Hotel reimburse | 136.21 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/06/2024 | 84757 | 37549 | CRUSE, KIELE · Opioid Conference - Hotel stay Reimbursement | 136.21 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/25/2024 | OPIOD FUNDS | 8,760.67 | Receipt | ||
| 07/03/2024 | Opioid - Walmart Payment 1 | 27,905.77 | Receipt | ||
| 08/06/2024 | Opiod | 10,620.61 | Receipt | ||
| 08/06/2024 | Opiod - Allergan | 3,202.83 | Receipt | ||
| 08/12/2024 | National Opiods Trust TEVA | 3,134.78 | Receipt | ||
| 08/12/2024 | OPIOD | 2,721.57 | Receipt | ||
| 09/20/2024 | Opiod Grant - McKinsey | 4,035.93 | Receipt | ||
| 10/15/2024 | Endo Public Opioid Trust Abatement | 3,496.23 | Receipt | ||
| 11/14/2024 | 85596 | 39018 | AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, INC. · Fun Express Giant Popcorn Box 24 White & Yellow | 160.32 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/14/2024 | 85663 | 39288 | NIMCO, INC · 26314 Bubble Pop Zipper Pouch: Life is a moment | 929.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/19/2024 | 85901 | 39989 | SAKER SHOPRITE, INC. · Movie Gift Cards for Poster Contest Winners | 75.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/03/2025 | 86422 | 40927 | ZSCHOOL, LLC · Certificate Program: Operational Readiness | 15,300.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/22/2025 | Walgreens Opioid | 2,635.64 | Receipt | ||
| 07/07/2025 | OPIOD Check #34548 | 9,733.96 | Receipt | ||
| 08/13/2025 | National Opioids Trust Allergan | 3,176.47 | Receipt | ||
| 08/18/2025 | National Opioid Settlement | 10,620.61 | Receipt | ||
| 08/21/2025 | CVS Settlement Fund | 5,615.18 | Receipt | ||
| 08/21/2025 | Teva Settlement Fund | 3,050.68 | Receipt | ||
| 11/13/2025 | Walmart Milwaukee Direct Opioids Trust | 223.25 | Receipt | ||
| 05/06/2026 | National Opioids Trust Walgreens | 2,584.94 | Receipt | ||
| Total paid | 21,219.63 | ||||
| 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 $15,300.00, 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 Montgomery Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 4 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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Montgomery Township certified T-shirts, snacks, gift cards and party supplies as prevention, and its reports state receipts and balances its own books do not show.