Budget after a layoff: what did you cut first? after 15 years as a home health aide

We are a household of 15 and need to cut costs quickly. Thank you in advance. Rent and the car are the biggest costs.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

A simple budget with three columns, fixed, flexible and optional, made decisions faster.