Keep on trying. That's all you can do.
I don't know how much you liked or disliked law enforcement, but I wonder if right now isn't a perfect time to consider employment due to new law enforcement needs, especially wrt local policies on minorities, including protections and other programs.
I don't want to go all fantasy on you, but I've seen over the past year or so how you have to potential to take big steps, e.g. maybe even running for office. I suspect you might hate politics, and that might not be your things, but I feel you have the potential to raise your public profile in more ways than one.
As a school person, I will echo @Strega's comment.
We universities are evaluated on (and evaluate ourselves on) whether people finish degrees. There are a lot of incentives to try to help students finish, on top of the fact that most of us as professors or administrators really do care about our students and will do what we can to help. Every college and university I know has some mechanism for emergency financial support for a student.
Go talk to your advisor and the folks in your student services office. Don't stop at the low-level folks; sometimes you need to hit the department head or associate dean level before you find someone who knows the proper mechanisms or has sufficient discretionary authority.
And, if your principles will allow it, don't rule out help from the churches. We really don't bite, and whether it's through our social service agencies or local charitable support, we're not just there for our own members. Again, don't stop at the low-level folks. Office workers and others aren't always plugged in to everything. Keep knocking on doors.
I don't know where you are exactly. Is it Seattle? If Seattle is like Portland, I would think it has soup kitchens (there's one a block away from my apartment building) and several shelters. I'd think mothers with children get some sort of priority. If I were you, I'd be asking around.
I was going to bring up churches and other charities, too. Simply because you're an atheist, don't assume that Christians are bad people. In fact, I'd think they have a Christian duty to help you, though if I were you I'd start with the least of the Bible-banging sects like the Unitarian/Universalists or Episcopals.
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