If there is no policy in the employee handbook for calling in every day when out, then you should be ok for unemployment. My employer did have the policy in the book, so no ueploment benefits for me. I had called and said the sae as you, don't know when I'll be in. so depressed, I never thought about the policy, just imstakenly thought them knowing my situation , it was enoough.
Besides calling your creditors, there is an organization that provides people going through a short-term hardship for bills, etc. They also just began a bridge grant for the newly unemployed. http://www.modestneeds.org/