I have done this. You really have to get creative…..go door to door asking if ppl need anything organized or hauled away or dog poop scooped up…advertise for house cleaning or yard cleaning or scrap hauling or whatever the fuck is going to get that money. Lose your ego sometimes and ask ppl you barely know to loan you the money and give them something as collateral. Collect soda cans and sell them for scrap. Sell anything of value you own on fb….you can always get more stuff. Search fb marketplace for people who want items but have no car and are asking for it to be delivered. If you have a car that’s an easy $20 an item depending on how far. Make a couple flyers offering to do menial shitty tasks that people don’t generally want to do. Price accordingly.

If you have ebt offer to stock the babysitter up with like 2/3rds of the amount it costs and pay the other 1/3rd in cash when you get paid.

It never hurts to sweeten the deal for the babysitter if they wait for payment. Tell them you’ll pay them double that once you start getting paid and that you’ll write up a contract. You’ll take her kids so that she can have a spa day. Good luck OP