First sit down and decide as a couple what you can do without. The first thing that went for us was the cell phone, next decrease tv to the cheapest available or go without, look at all the little things that add up.
The hardest was getting the cheap toilet paper it was not very soft but it did the job.
Contact your community job service and see wht they have and then also NETWORK-- Let everyone know your looking for a job and maybe let them know that you will not be that picky.
And remember that keeping up with your neighbors is not important.
I was unemployed for over 2 years so I speak from personal experience.