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Advice needed, moving out on my own as a single mom w/ a 4YO.
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Hey so this might be a bit long but I need all of the advice here, please.

First as backstory, I am 24 years old and a single mom to a 4 year old girl. I have been in college full time since fall 2016 and will be taking classes over the summer, one online and one in class 2 days a week for 3-4 hours each day. My daughter just finished Headstart and I am hoping to get her into transitional kindergarten (California) in the fall but I might end up having to put her back into Headstart full time.

Her dad is kind of in the picture, but only when I message him or seek him out to see her, and he can't help financially. There is no custody agreement and his name is not listed on the birth certificate. Currently we live with my mom (55) and older sister (28) and it's all a mess. We all fight a lot, my mom has 4 dogs, and the only income we have is my mom's SSI and my welfare.

Okay so the problems. I need to get a job and move out, but there are few jobs in my area and a lot of unemployed people looking for work, I lie in California and can't move out of state because of college, and I have never lived on my own and have no one to move in with.

I have no idea how it'll be to live on my own, I don't know how to drive, I am going to try my hardest getting a job but it seems so unlikely, and I am worried about keeping up with classes and my daughter and work. Moving out right now is a necessity though, my dad died last May and while I really wanna stay everything is beyond stressful and it's not good for me or my daughter and I need to be out on my own.

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