Support single mother former school teacher

I'm Rijeka James, a former elementary school teacher that's fallen down on her luck. I've taught in different setting for over 11 yrs however the last 3yrs I worked in public school on a waiver. I have a master's in teaching but did not get my teaching license when I finished. The settings I chose to teach in prior to public school didn't require me to have it. Fast forward to 2023, March to be exact. A series of unfortunate events started to transpire starting with my car. My car broke down on the side of the rode in Mississippi, I live in Tennessee. Once I got it towed, It sat in a friend's yard until I could get it to the dealership where I got it from. Shortly after that I made an appointment to take my praxis the first time out of two. While I waited for the day, I dealt with the death of two close family friends just the day before testing. When the actual day came, all hell broke lose. I got logged off and locked out of the test, broke my glasses, broke my phone and ended up taking the test an hr late. By this time I'm frustrated, stressed, and drained. I failed by 16 pts. The following week, a tornado came and took our school displacing me and my daughter both. I was scheduled to take my test the 2nd time the very next day and failed by 19pts. We worked out of churches and childcare centers until we had a secure plan for students to return to school. The following year, my grade (prek) was moved to a sister school so that we would have housing for the littles. K-5 were put in temp buildings (tents) for the upcoming school year. The temp buildings was were my daughter was attending school and it's where her issues started to form. Now, back at the school where I was, I was told by the admin that I had to change grades because I wasn't supposed to be teaching prek on a waiver (this was my 2nd yr) either switch or not have a job. So now I not only teach a different grade but Im also moved to another school. Not to mention u just finished decorating and arranging my classroom. I now had 2 days to single handedly build and decorate a whole new class for an entirely new grade. I was devastated. I made the best of it and did what I know to do but in the mist of that, my daughter's 2nd grade teacher died and her school didn't offer any kind of counseling or help the cope without her. My daughter's grades started to drop and her confidence was almost gone. On top of that, I started losing close friends and family members one being a very famous athlete. Seeing memorials everywhere did not help cope with what I was feeling with. From March 24 until this Oct I've lost a person every month. My backup car broke down in April and was towed off the side of the road. It took me 4 days to find it, every number I called gave me another number to call. When I did find it, I had to pay an outrageous amount to get it back or let them take ownership and because I couldn't afford it, I had to turn it over. When I got my last work check, I was able to pay my rent up, and buy me a cash car, get insured, and pay my bills up. I was eligible for unemployment and received that until it was exhausted. As of August 2024 the state of TN no longer does extensions on unemployment. I can still teach in private schools and or childcare centers without being certified. I cannot go back to public schools until I pass my praxis which is a 2hr exam and costs anywhere from $130 to $180. I'm studying and preparing to do so. As much as I would love to be back in the classroom, as of right now I cannot. I had to remove my daughter from school and homeschool her in hopes to rebuild her confidence and raise her grades. Since doing this she has improved in both areas by at least 80% and I feel that was the best decision for her but in doing so, I have taken a huge income cut. Although I have a part-time job it's not enough to keep a roof over our heads. I had to find a job that works around her school schedule. I'm not asking for anyone to give me a free ride. I'm a single mother that made a sacrifice for the betterment of my child and simple fell on hard times. I'm still working and managing to keep it together. These past three months I have been struggling to pay rent in full and have been threatened twice with eviction. I'm all my daughter has and although I have siblings and a mother, they don't have the space to take on me and my daughter. This is simply my last resort on getting a small bit or relief. This will strictly be used to get caught up on rent so I won't get evicted.