<prompt> Human: Hello rpersonalfinance. I was looking for some advice.I have a family of four. Myself, my wife and two boys 5,2.I work full time and my wife is in school for her LPN. I make around 60k a year and dont receive any type of govt assistance.Here in the last week I was given temporary emergency custody of my two nephews 2, 5 months There were some things that happened for the state to take away the children from my sister temporarily. The thing is we were fine as a family before but now with two extra kids my budget cant really handle it. The baby is on formula with cost around 17 a can.What do you guys think I can do to help with this situation? Would trying to get temporary assistance affect my taxes or anything along those lines?Thanks for the help!  <response>: Some states have emergency custody assistance. Heres Maryland, for example. Where do you live?This document gives a pretty good overview of whats available generically and how the process works, without going into specific state programs: 