Keep In Mind, I'm Only Asking for Childcare

My name is Rashida and I am a single mother of a three year old little girl. Without delving too much into the past tragedies we call life, I will begin by saying that I was born and raised in Liberty, NY (a tiny town in The Catskill Mountains)and never, ever got used to the cold weather which prompted just one of many moves. But currently , Tampa is where we reside.
I am a server at a local restaurant and was transferred from the Miami location. When we first moved to Tampa, it was easy for me to work during the day because my cousin actually took my daughter to her job every single day. That luxury was eventually taken away when someone got into an accident in the company van with a child inside and to make matters worse, the child did not have a seatbelt on, so there went my childcare. Eversince then I have only been able to work weekends thanks to my cousin who I feel doesn't get a break.
So I have applied for public assistance so that I could receive childcare. See, the government wants you to have to ask for cash in order to qualify to receive childcare. So even though I'd like to make my own money at my own job, I still have to ask for cash to get childcare to work more to make my own money-follow me? Good, now please explain to me how this makes sense. I have applied three times and have been denied three times on the basis that my "income is too high"...working as a server...on the weekends only. So here is a paystub and my bills. Rent is $500.00. I'll take all the positive advice given. It's all about quality of life. I'm hoping within the next year Ella will be beginning school which will give us both more freedom but in the meantime, I feel my daughter and I both suffering while my anxiety tranfers to her. Meanwhile- she should be in Pre-K and I should be at work.