Places that helped me after losing my job - what worked for you?

A neighbour pointed me to a programme that I wish I had known earlier. There are 13 people counting on me, so I am trying to be careful. The workforce centre ran a weekly job club. What else is out there?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 13 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

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