I don’t get any foster care benefits

which has really been upsetting me recently. my mom died when i was 10 and since then i’ve been placed by CPS with my aunt, cousin, sister, brother, family friends, friends, family friends of friends, etc for seven years.

i asked to be placed in the system legally multiple times but was told my situation wasn’t serious enough & that Texas is running low on homes anyway.

because of that, I get zero foster care benefits or resources despite being at-risk (behavioral issues, parents died of drug ODs, impoverished, etc) because CPS just.. didn’t feel like placing me in the system.

legally i’m just kind of void, no one knows who has guardianship over me if at all or what my status is. i’m placed with my mom’s friend’s ex-husband rn. i just exist on my own. this really bothers me because everyone hypes up free college and transitional living but i dont get any of that, sometimes it feels like the system is just set up to kill off people like me.