DCF/ Benefits question

TL,DR; Im struggling really hard managing my family and navigating benefits, is it weird to voluntarily contact dcf? I think I just need a case worker as I feel like I have a sort of specialized situation. Does it even work that way? Are there potential drawbacks?

Rant incoming, the important stuff is above, this is just me shouting into the void lol. I have an 18mo and my husband lost his second job. We lost half our income and our health insurance. Looking to go back to work as well but it's impossible without daycare assistance. We only had about 1k saved up as we had JUST got caught up after a totaled car earlier this year. We're about $400 over budget for absolutely non negotiable expenses and Christmas is coming up next month, yay! 🙃 Oh and this job was the only local overnight job in my fiances industry so unfortunately this loss is indefinite. I'm just really looking for guidance through all of this amongst other things.