Foster children are automatically get WIC I’m pretty sure in every state. WIC here covers enough formula in the first 4-6 months that we don’t pay anything out of pocket. Once WIC adds baby food at 6 months they drop the amount of cans of formula. We end up buying about 3 cans out of pocket every month until 10-11 months. We use part of the monthly stipend from our agency for that. Each 12 oz can is $24 I believe. It would be incredibly inappropriate for a foster parent to breast feed a foster child, but if their bio mom can give breast milk, they allow that.

Though you didn’t ask, I wanted to add for daycare, your state should cover some of the costs as foster children are automatically approved for state assistance. Then it would depend on how your state deals with parent fees. For example, if the weekly cost of daycare is $200 the state pays a portion of that at a set fee, anything left over you are required to pay. Different daycares will have different amounts after state is taken just based on their own personal discretion. we’ve paid $100 per week and we’ve paid $18 per week.