For teenagers in the D.C. foster care system, money for basic items such as clothing, transportation, food and schoolbooks is not always guaranteed to come through — even from an agency that ended last fiscal year with millions unspent from its budget.

“When I switched placements, I didn’t have transportation money to get to school, court and work because my former foster placements refused to give me the money,” said Jasmine Edwards, who testified Tuesday at an oversight hearing on the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency. She said she ended up missing two weeks of school.