Nassau County is on track to spend $36.8 million more than it had initially projected on certain mandated social service programs in 2025 with money from other departments having been transferred to help make up the difference, budget officials told Newsday on Friday.

The shortfall — offset by an additional $26.3 million in federal and state reimbursements — is due "to an increase in the demand for Day Care, higher costs related to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Safety Net Assistance due to an increase in homelessness," according to the 2025 Mid-Year Report issued by the office of Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips.

“It is difficult for local governments to budget for social services when we don’t know if eligibility standards and reimbursement rates will be changed

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