<prompt> Human: A little backstory my SO and I are currently 21 living in IL. September of 2016 me and SO went to court for an emergency petition to get guardianship of her 2 little siblings who were 8 and 11 at the time since her mom was addicted to drugs and alcohol and their dad for abuse and domestic violence. They awarded us temporary and then mid next year my SO got full guardianship of them. I am currently making about 53k before taxes a year at a sales job and my SO is currently unemployed. We get 212 a week in child support from the dad and 270 a month in food stamps. We had a small 2 bed apartment but it became costly at 1600 a month before utilities and other bills. We moved into my parents house but they are selling the house and we need to move out in the next 2 months. Average rent for a 3 bed is about 1700-1800 not including utilities. Our only bills are 170 for a carowe about 3k, 100 in insurance for both our cars, 160 for all 4 phones. I am also helping my parents with bills since they lost their job recently so its hard to save most of my money. One of our biggest struggles is that we are combined in debt of about 20k for stupid decisions before we got the kids and about 2k of that is my school loans. Our credit score is pretty abysmal at mine about 510 and my SO low 400. We are just lost at how we can gather a security deposit about 3600 and pay for a apartmenttownhouse and pay off our debt. The Guardian ad litem mentioned something about a possible 30k grant for taking the kids but I cant find anything about it or reach him. I also read online that my SO might be able to get rent assistance but I cant find many details. She can get a job but its hard to find something that fits the schedule of the kids so at most it would be a part time job at min wage. Sorry for the wall of text just looking for any help. Thanks in advance!  <response>: 1 Find a cheap phone plan.2 SO find a job.3 You cant take care of everyone at your income level. You wont be helping anyone if you cant find a place to live. Focus on the kids and stop paying your parents bills if needed. 