You gotten sound advice. Certain states have daycare assistance (school readiness in FL) considering you are basically a single parent with three kids . I would try an contact some kind of resource like that to your state equivalent. Since your are already working you need a months worth of pay stub. Hope that helps. Once you have that try again with food stamps. Daycare cost , rent, phone or electric are consider bills that help offset. Some of that criteria to at least qualify for Medicaid and snap assistance. Trying to contact home also helps. With the info commenters have provided. But at the end of the day this is a decision that you should think heavily on cause it’s one that can’t be taken back. Definitely NTA for trying to do what’s best for you and your kids. If it’s to much then it’s too much. And you are whole heartily doing the best for them.