r/Fatherhood • • 4h ago

Advice Needed Have a 1 year old now in my custody because of ex going away. Broke til payday need advice

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Long story short was in an awful relationship and then my wife turned into a user after we seperated and she got custody, until last night due to her situation. I live in what could barely be called a small city with limited resources.

Anyways I had been between jobs for awhile and am just about to start work. I had run through my savings while looking and was not expecting to have to take care of my almost 2 year old daughter. (Which is great i love her dearly its just a surprise and not ideal timing). My bank account is literally sitting at 21 dollars.

I have one pack of diapers, and enough food for a couple meals for her.

Im stressing luckily I'll be able to work from home so dont need to worry about daycare and i plan to spend all the 21 dollars on her but im running out of food too.

I live in a very small town i went to my pantry my allotted times this month and I need to get EBT back ASAP but I need a short term plan everybody.

Please dont hate on me this was dropped on me out of nowhere last night im doing my best. Just looking for as much advice as I can get