I’ve Taken In My 6 Year Old Niece As Her Parents Are Both Deeply Involved In Methamphetamines And Need Some Help.

My husband and I have recently taken in my 6 year old niece. Her parents (my husbands sister) have been heavily involved in smoking meth for a few years. A year ago I called DFS to report them and was told that without a police report there was nothing they could do. 3 weeks ago there was as domestic disturbance at the camping trailer they live in as my sister in law was very high on meth and proceeded to destroy the camper and then called the police herself. She got arrested for among other things possession of meth and meth apparatus. The husband was not arrested. Their child needed a place to go so she came to stay with us. My background is very similar in the environment I was raised unfortunately so I would like to give this child a chance that I never had. Financially this is a huge burden that I’m not sure how to overcome. My husband and I both work and we have a 5 year old of our own. I looked into getting some financial assistance for my niece to at least help pay for childcare which is going to very quickly drain my savings account. I was told by DFS (in missouri) that because the child was not removed from the home by DFS and that the father had willingly given over POA to me and my husband that there was no funds available to help. My niece cannot go back home to the camper as her mother has been released and is again living with the father in the damaged camper. There is a no contact order in place with the mother. Are there any other resources that I may be able to qualify in my situation to help offset some of the childcare costs? We live in a small rural area and both my husband and I work out of town. Even when schools starts both my niece and my child will need before and after schools care. I am terrified that I am going to have to abandon my efforts with my niece because I simply cannot afford to pay daycare costs. My husband and I do ok, we own our home etc but we live right at our needs. There isn’t much else I could cut out and some assistance for at least a few months until we sort out the long term plan would be very helpful. I was told by her caseworker that if I let her go back to her parents so she could be removed by DFS she would go into foster care and not back with me. Any advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated.