New Jersey
Every New Jersey county and municipality that receives opioid settlement money reports its spending to the State each year. This page grades those reports against the jurisdictions' own ledgers.
- Jurisdictions
- 284
- Ledgers obtained
- 207 / 284
- Transactions
- 11,607
- Verified paid
- $52,937,073.22
Grade distribution
Every jurisdiction sits in one segment. Records refused and records pending are their own segments, never folded into a letter. Select a segment to open that filter in the rankings.
Every jurisdiction, graded
Municipal boundaries filled with each jurisdiction's grade. Select a county to zoom to it. Below the tablet width the drawing is replaced by the list, which carries the same information.
- A
- B
- C
- D
- F
- Records refused
- Records pending or not graded
- Receives no funds
Jurisdictions in Ocean County
- FGrade FBarnegat townshipGrade F
- Records pendingBeachwood boroughRecords pending
- FGrade FBerkeley townshipGrade F · provisional
- FGrade FBrick townshipGrade F
- DGrade DJackson townshipGrade D · provisional
- CGrade CLacey townshipGrade C · provisional
- FGrade FLakewood townshipGrade F
- Records pendingLittle Egg Harbor townshipRecords pending
- FGrade FManchester townshipGrade F
- FGrade FPoint Pleasant boroughGrade F · provisional
- FGrade FStafford townshipGrade F · provisional
- FGrade FToms River townshipGrade F · provisional
Sorted by name. A hatched shape means the jurisdiction has not produced its records. A plain shape receives no settlement funds and is not graded.
Twenty one counties
Published
- AtlanticAGrade A · provisional4Graded2Graded F$164,557.72Misreported8 jurisdictions. County government graded A, provisional.
- BergenDGrade D · provisional31Graded14Graded F$174,803.31Misreported38 jurisdictions. County government graded D, provisional.
- BurlingtonDGrade D · provisional13Graded6Graded F$131,669.79Misreported15 jurisdictions. County government graded D, provisional.
- CamdenCGrade C13Graded8Graded F$1,436,973.47Misreported15 jurisdictions. County government graded C.
- Cape MayRecords pending4Graded3Graded F$9,295.00Misreported5 jurisdictions. County government records pending.
- CumberlandDGrade D · provisional3Graded1Graded F$97,786.82Misreported4 jurisdictions. County government graded D, provisional.
- EssexCGrade C · provisional10Graded0Graded F$109,207.89Misreported17 jurisdictions. County government graded C, provisional.
- GloucesterBGrade B · provisional9Graded6Graded F$487,735.74Misreported11 jurisdictions. County government graded B, provisional.
- HudsonRecords refused6Graded4Graded F$124,207.07Misreported12 jurisdictions. County government records refused.
- HunterdonBGrade B · provisional4Graded2Graded F$95,973.51Misreported5 jurisdictions. County government graded B, provisional.
- MercerDGrade D · provisional9Graded4Graded F$257,603.11Misreported10 jurisdictions. County government graded D, provisional.
- MiddlesexCGrade C · provisional11Graded6Graded F$850,001.04Misreported19 jurisdictions. County government graded C, provisional.
- MonmouthCGrade C · provisional15Graded6Graded F$1,184,074.84Misreported19 jurisdictions. County government graded C, provisional.
- MorrisAGrade A · provisional18Graded7Graded F$237,960.34Misreported20 jurisdictions. County government graded A, provisional.
- OceanAGrade A · provisional11Graded8Graded F$798,449.74Misreported13 jurisdictions. County government graded A, provisional.
- PassaicFGrade F · provisional10Graded5Graded F$111,969.68Misreported13 jurisdictions. County government graded F, provisional.
- SalemFGrade F · provisional1Graded1Graded F$27,714.37Misreported2 jurisdictions. County government graded F, provisional.
- SomersetDGrade D · provisional11Graded4Graded F$202,469.91Misreported12 jurisdictions. County government graded D, provisional.
- SussexDGrade D · provisional5Graded2Graded F$72,133.27Misreported5 jurisdictions. County government graded D, provisional.
- UnionCGrade C · provisional17Graded9Graded F$120,967.71Misreported17 jurisdictions. County government graded C, provisional.
- WarrenAGrade A2Graded0Graded F$211,670.00Misreported2 jurisdictions. County government graded A.
The largest findings so far
Verified findings in every published jurisdiction, by amount. Hover over the strip to hold it.
All findings- BGrade B · provisionalGloucester County$5,106,028.00Left the fund's largest commitment off the FY2025 report
- FGrade F · provisionalEdison Township$4,143,325.95Reported more unspent than it had ever received
- DGrade D · provisionalMercer County$2,836,340.85Reported 0.00 unspent. Its own figures leave 2,836,340.85
- DGrade D · provisionalCumberland County$1,726,521.30Receipts and the FY2023 and FY2024 reports match the books
- BGrade B · provisionalGloucester County$1,659,434.49Certified 1,659,434.49 for FY2026, and each program matches
- Records pendingBayonne$1,603,774.24FY2026 on hand figure leaves out 1,603,774.24
- DGrade D · provisionalBurlington County$1,599,338.00Encumbered 1,599,338.00 but its programs list 15,000.00
- Records pendingNewark$1,575,310.33FY2026 balance 1,575,310.33 below the report's own figures
- CGrade C · provisionalMonmouth County$1,528,715.38On-hand figure fits none of the report's own numbers
- Records pendingPaterson$1,508,824.88Received 1,508,824.88, spent nothing, then filed no report
- Records pendingNewark$1,470,266.88FY2025 balance leaves out 1,470,266.88 received earlier
- CGrade CCamden County$1,437,839.88Told the State 1.9 million was spent. Books show 471,909
- Records pendingNewark$1,269,308.75FY2024 balance 1,269,308.75 below the report's own figures
- AGrade A · provisionalOcean County$1,267,327.16First ledger production left out a second opioid department
- FGrade F · provisionalNew Brunswick$1,260,000.00Fire and capital offset lines ran only on settlement money
Who has to report opioid settlement spending in New Jersey?
Every county and municipality that receives a direct allocation files an annual report with the Department of Human Services. The report names each program, what it paid and what is left on hand.How we check a report
Can 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 jurisdiction would otherwise have spent.The approved uses
What does a grade mean here?
A grade comes from a published rubric applied by code, with no analyst discretion. Reporting integrity carries half the weight, spending conformity carries forty percent, and records behaviour carries ten. A jurisdiction that has not produced a complete ledger gets a status badge instead of a letter.The rubric
What happens if a jurisdiction says a figure is wrong?
It can send the record that shows a different figure. The figure changes only if the record supports it, and a verified correction regrades that jurisdiction.Corrections policy