County · County government · 4 municipalities · 5 jurisdictions in total

Sussex County

5 jurisdictions in Sussex County receive opioid settlement funds. They are the county government and 4 municipalities. Complete ledgers have been produced for 2 of them. 2 jurisdictions are graded F for certifying spending that does not exist in the books.

Complete ledgers · 2 of 5Records refused · 0Graded F · 2
County wide · county government and 4 municipalities · 2 of 5 with complete ledgers
Received$3,309,159.72Cumulative, as each jurisdiction last certified to the State
Spent, verified$1,084,334.39Summed from the ledger rows published here
Non-conforming$402,514.02Classified against the Exhibit E gates
Misreported to the StateCertified against books conflict$72,133.27Certified figures the books do not support
Every figure is summed over the county government and 4 municipalities, from the published rows, in whole cents. A jurisdiction with no ledger adds nothing to spent.

The county government

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

Received$2,802,750.50Cumulative, as last certified to the State
Paid$936,513.58Summed from the county ledger
Misreported to the StateCertified against books conflict$64,930.00Certified figures the county books do not support
DGrade D · provisional
Grade D · provisional · rubric v5Grade D · provisional
Reporting integrity · weight 50
54.66 / 100
Spending conformity · weight 40
65.91 / 100
Transparency · weight 10
100 / 100
Weighted score
63.69 · D
Cap · Certified spending that does not exist in the books
applied

4 municipalities

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

Graded municipalities in Sussex County, sorted by dollars misreported to the State, largest first
GradeMunicipality and patternsSpent, verifiedMisreported to State
FGrade FVernon Township
Funding-source substitution
47,760.99Certified against books conflict3,061.27
FGrade FSparta Township
Funding-source substitution
93,213.39Certified against books conflict2,341.00
DGrade DWantage Township
Fake encumbrances
6,846.43Certified against books conflict1,801.00
AGrade AHopatcongNo figure publishedNo figure published

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 FDGrade DFGrade FFindings
1

Fake encumbrances

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

DGrade DFindings
1

Police vehicles and gear

Vehicles, upfits, body armor and equipment paid from opioid funds.

DGrade DFindings
1

Surveillance technology

License plate readers, cameras and related subscriptions paid from opioid funds.

DGrade DFindings
Findings in Sussex County

The FY2024 report certifies 2,880.00 expended between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024 (p1). It is built from two program figures and an administrative line. WISE, a senior education program, is certified at 1,801.00 expended and the same 1,801.00 encumbered, with a launch date of 04/30/2025, ten months after the year closed (pp2 to 3). Youth Prevention, described as coloring books, is certified at 800.00 (p4). Administrative expense is certified at 279.00 (p1). The settlement account was produced for the whole year. It paid 1,820.16 in that window. Baker's Pharmacy was paid 990.00 for Narcan kits on check 102194 on 08/18/2023. Positive Promotions was paid 215.00 for bookmarks and 603.20 for activity books on check 102241 on 09/14/2023. A garbage bag reimbursement of 11.96 was paid on check 102993 on 04/25/2024. No WISE order existed in the year. PO 21338 for the WISE program was opened on 06/09/2025 and paid 636.17 on check 104478 on 06/26/2025. No administrative charge appears on the account in any year. The certified figure is 1,059.84 more than the account paid.

4 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies a program named Vape Detection at 252,444.09 funded and expended, recipient Sussex County Schools, primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (pp20 to 22). It says the detectors will identify students who are vaping so they can be connected with vaping cessation programs. It also says the County is not tracking the performance of these devices, which it calls part of larger programs individual to each school. The books show what the figure bought. The County paid NEWCOM Wireless Services 171,030.00 for 154 Triton vape sensors with six year cloud subscriptions, on purchase orders 107118, 107349, 108368 and 108631, by checks 124593, 125167 and 125417 between 02/12/2025 and 04/09/2025. It reimbursed four school districts 81,414.09 on 03/12/2025 by checks 125165, 125166, 125168 and 125169. The eight payments make the certified figure to the cent. The NEWCOM invoices describe the standard sensor as effective on all vaped or smoked nicotine and THC, and the two units on invoice 9441 as a vape detector and school safety device that detects keywords associated with distress and vandalism. The High Point Regional reimbursement includes 11 Verkada cameras. For Lenape Valley Regional, 29,361.70, and Wallkill Valley Regional, 10,000.00, the County produced the districts' request sheets but no invoice or quote. The FY2026 report adds 14,436.50 for 13 more sensors under the same program (p20). Exhibit E's school entry covers programs or strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing drug misuse. Sensors that detect nicotine and THC vapor are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no cessation or prevention program using them is documented.

12 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 13,443.23 received and 10.00 of interest between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026, 102,522.86 received since the distribution began in 2022, 0.00 spent, 0.00 encumbered and no transfer to the county (p1). It certifies 147,485.06 of unspent and uncommitted funds currently on hand (p2, question 9). That is 44,962.20 more than everything the Borough says it ever received. The 102,522.86 is the FY2025 report's total since 2022, 89,069.63, plus the year's 13,443.23 and 10.00, to the cent. No report certifies any spending. The FY2023 report certifies 0.00 expended as of 06/30/2023, and the FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026 reports each certify 0.00 expended in the year (p1). The Borough's Budget Detail Inquiry printed 05/28/2026 shows five National Opioid grant accounts, G-02-41-887-000-001 to G-02-41-887-000-005, added on 10/31/2025 with Chapter 159 budget insertions of 2,671.39, 4,722.32, 2,565.00, 17,118.01 and 2,216.55, a total of 29,293.27, and no payment, encumbrance or journal through 05/28/2026 (pp1 to 5). Money that was never spent cannot be on hand at more than the total ever received. The earlier reports show the same balance moving with nothing spent. The FY2024 report certifies 98,763.53 on hand against 86,851.08 received since 2022, 11,912.45 more. The FY2025 report certifies 44,715.18 on hand against 89,069.63 received and 1,000.00 encumbered, 43,354.45 less.

5 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 174,306.17 received since the distribution began in 2022 and 118,799.54 of unspent funds on hand. The difference is 55,506.63. The reserve account 03-296-56-000-006 paid out exactly 55,506.63 through 06/30/2025, 7,160.60 in FY2023, 17,442.64 in FY2024 and 30,903.39 in FY2025. The 118,799.54 is the balance the account printed on 06/11/2025, and nothing posts again until 07/01/2025. The three reports certify 5,764.60, 13,136.19 and 18,562.39 expended, 37,463.18 in all. That leaves 18,043.45 of spending in no report. In FY2023 and FY2024 the amounts left out are the LEAD Day purchasing card food, 1,396.00 and 4,306.45. In FY2025 the amount left out is 12,341.00. Two FY2025 payments appear in no program figure on the report, Starhouse Media 8,500.00, described as 36 month movie access for K5-3 and K5-1, and a 3,842.00 shirt order. They total 12,342.00, 1.00 more than the gap. The receipts figure matches the settlement receipts in the account to the cent. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, lists none of these payments. Its spending figure is 6,118.45 more than the reserve paid in FY2026. That excess equals the 18,043.45 less 11,925.00 the reserve received in FY2026 that the report does not count as settlement money.

5 documents · 09/25/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 16,543.93 spent between 7/1/2025 and 6/30/2026 (p1), all of it as the update of one program, New Police Officer's Training, first reported in FY2023 (pp4 to 5). Its stated goals are to train officers in current drug trends, keep supplies stocked and buy supplies for police and community events (p2). It reports 2 training or education sessions and says the program allowed officers to attend training in drug recognition (p5). The settlement accounts paid 14,307.93 in that period on nine checks, and none of it was training. Positive Promotions was paid 554.52 for community relations items by check 64313 on 07/17/2025, 2,316.13 for stadium cups, glow in the dark footballs, slap and mood bracelets, tote bags, jotters, police smiley pens and shipping by check 64948 on 11/04/2025, 895.42 for an EZ Up tent by check 65148 on 12/10/2025 and 4,052.30 for community relations supplies by check 66152 on 06/09/2026. Amazon was paid 203.12 for Junior Police supplies by check 64437 on 08/12/2025 and 3,954.54 for Trick or Trail and tree lighting supplies by check 64790 on 10/14/2025. Team Life was paid 768.00 and 1,143.00 for AED pads by checks 65165 and 66094. JCM Associates was paid 420.90 for LEAD supplies by check 64906. The one training order on the accounts, a 1,033.13 drug recognition training blanket opened on 02/04/2025, paid nothing in the period. The other 2,236.00 of the certified figure equals Treescape Junior Police trip order 26-00492, open at that amount on the 05/28/2026 print and paid 1,681.68 on 07/09/2026. The report names the events the supplies served, Trick or Trail, Vernon Day, Safety Town and the Junior Police Academy, and certifies all of it as new officer training.

3 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2024 report certifies 55,151.63 received between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024, 3,210.00 of interest since 2022 and 86,851.08 received since the distribution began in 2022 (p1, questions 1 to 3). It certifies 0.00 expended, 0.00 appropriated or encumbered and 0.00 of administrative expenses in the period (p1, questions 6 to 8). It answers No to whether it funded any program (p2, question 16). It certifies 98,763.53 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (p1, question 9). That is 11,912.45 more than everything the Borough says it received. The 86,851.08 is the FY2023 report's 28,489.45 plus the year's 55,151.63 and 3,210.00, to the cent. The FY2023 report certifies 0.00 expended as of 06/30/2023 (p1, question 8). Money that was never spent cannot be on hand at more than the total ever received. No produced ledger covers the period.

2 documents · 10/04/2026

Documents
ledger10 filesOpen
vendor history10 filesOpen
purchase order11 filesOpen
resolution1 fileOpen
contract4 filesOpen
dhs report4 filesOpen
Municipal records4 municipalitiesOpen
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Frequently asked questions

Why does Sussex 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 Sussex 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