In practice, it means there are caregivers who take on the care of a child, often in difficult and/or short-term situations where there is little other choice, who are unable to access financial assistance to help them to provide care. This is despite the fact that they, like other caregivers, have taken on primary responsibility for the day-to-day care of the child when that child's parents are unable to care for them. Again, the second part that we're changing: the caregivers in receipt of the foster care allowance receive the two allowances to cover the costs of celebrations and a gift for the children in their care on special occasions. The birthday allowance is paid in advance of a child's birthday, and the Christmas allowance is paid in December of each year. The amount of the payment is half the amount of the weekly base rate of the foster care allowance that the caregiver receives, and it currently ranges from about $100 to $130. These two allowances are not currently available to the orphans benefit and the unsupported child's benefit caregivers.