My question involves criminal law for the state of: Florida

I am currently on Felony Probation for 3rd Degree Grand Theft in the state of Florida. At the time of court over the matter, I was given a withold of adjudication, ordered to pay restitution and placed on probation for 5 years.

During the last year or so before the economy collapsed I had been making payments of $500 a month as ordered by the court. And then I lost my job. I lost it because I was being promoted to management, I disclosed my criminal history and even after disclosing it, they pulled a background check as they said they would, and then fired me for it.

I ended up not being able to pay restitution for several months, and taken into custody at a monthly probation reporting date. The judge extended my probation 2 years.

However, now, in the business I'm in, I'm barely able to make ends meet, I haven't paid restitution in 2 months, and I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it this month either, AND I lost my job again in February (being the guy with a criminal record, even though I'm flying strait, my former boss who is a drug addict had been embezzling money to fuel his addiction, pointed the finger at me and fired me because I'd be an easy scapegoat), I ended up being out of work for the whole month and I managed to be rehired by a different location.

I'm currently facing an eviction in the next month because I can't pay my rent, and finding a job with no formal post-secondary education in broward county is extremely difficult.

Is there any possibility of getting this restitution transferred into a civil judgment or lien of some sort. I need to be able to take advantage of this withold of adjudication to get myself back on my feet. At the time of sentencing I was fully able to make my $500 minimum monthly payment, but the way the economy has tanked, and the slow season for business coming around the corner, I'm terrified about where this will take me.

Yes, I know I made my mistake and have to pay for it, but if I'm doing everything I can to make it right, I don't want to be punished even more.

Even worse, my girlfriend's aunt offered me a job in NY state, which would more than adequately provide me a sufficient salary to live and work. However, being behind about $2000 in restitution, my probation officer won't start the Interstate Compact process.

I'm starting to feel like I'm running out of options, I can't even afford a lawyer to get counsel.