Withdrawal of the Announcement of the Intent To Award a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement to Burke Law Group, PLLC in Houston, Texas
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is withdrawing the, `Announcement of the Intent to Award a Single-Source Cooperative Ag...
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice of intent to award a single-source cooperative agreement; withdrawal.
SUMMARY:
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is withdrawing the, `Announcement of the Intent to Award a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement to Burke Law Group, PLLC in Houston, Texas' published in the
Federal Register
on August 6, 2026, at 91 FR 50848 (FR Doc. 2026-16081).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reina Byrd, Assistant Deputy Director, Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau, 330 C St SW, Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: (202) 256-9497; Email:
Reina.Byrd@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Withdrawal Notice
In the
Federal Register
of August 6, 2026, at 91 FR 50848 (FR Doc. 2026-16081), page 50848, ORR published a notice announcing its intent to award a single-source cooperative agreement of up to $150,000,000 to Burke Law Group, PLLC, in Houston, Texas, to provide legal services for eligible unaccompanied alien children (UAC) in ORR care.
Burke Law Group subsequently notified ORR of its decision not to apply for the proposed cooperative agreement and withdrew from consideration on August 11, 2026. Therefore, ORR will not make the award to Burke Law Group announced in the notice published on August 6, 2026. This withdrawal does not affect ORR's continued efforts to ensure access to legal services for eligible UACs in ORR care.
Statutory Authority:
Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 279; William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, 8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(4) and (c)(5).
Dawnisha Helland,
Assistant Principal Deputy Director, Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 53257
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“Withdrawal of the Announcement of the Intent To Award a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement to Burke Law Group, PLLC in Houston, Texas,” thefederalregister.org (August 17, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-16741/withdrawal-of-the-announcement-of-the-intent-to-award-a-single-source-cooperative-agreement-to-burke-law-group-pllc-in-h.
6 U.S.C. 279