Affordable childcare options in Detroit - what worked for you?

I have 9 kids and I need to interview and work without a sitter. There are 9 people counting on me, so I am trying to be careful. I looked into subsidies but the forms are long. Is there an emergency option?

Libraries and community centres run free activities that gave me a couple of hours.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 3 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.