Carrie, though not under consistent employment, supplies for her children in many ways because the child support check she would be receiving from the government goes to her ex-husband who has legal custody of both Libby and Lacy but does not provide for them. She spends much of her time collecting recyclables and scrap to cash in or barter with in the surrounding communities that consist mostly of trailer parks. She has lived in the same area for many years and through her consistent drug use has developed connections to the drug supply system in the area. She makes some of her money working as a “runner,” buying drugs for people and by “cutting” the drugs she buys with look alike substances to increase their weight and volume.