Announcement of the Intent To Award a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement to Burke Law Group, PLLC in Houston, Texas
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The ACF, ORR announces the intent to award a single-source cooperative agreement in an amount of up to $150,000,000 to Burke Law Group, a law firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The purpose of this proposed award is to provide legal orientation, legal consultation, and attorney-of-record representation services for eligible unaccompanied alien children (UACs) during immigration proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and in hearings and proceedings before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) while children remain in ORR care. The proposed award also includes limited discharge-related legal continuity planning and referral support for children exiting ORR care. Under the proposed award, Burke Law Group would provide legal orientation, legal consultation, and attorney-of-record representation services for eligible UACs while they remain in ORR care. The recipient would also provide limited discharge-related legal continuity planning and referral support to assist children in connecting with appropriate post-discharge legal resources.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 150 (Thursday, August 6, 2026)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 150 (Thursday, August 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 50848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16081]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Announcement of the Intent To Award a Single-Source Cooperative
Agreement to Burke Law Group, PLLC in Houston, Texas
AGENCY: 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
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SUMMARY: The ACF, ORR announces the intent to award a single-source
cooperative agreement in an amount of up to $150,000,000 to Burke Law
Group, a law firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The purpose of this
proposed award is to provide legal orientation, legal consultation, and
attorney-of-record representation services for eligible unaccompanied
alien children (UACs) during immigration proceedings before the
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and in hearings and
proceedings before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) while children remain in ORR care. The proposed award also
includes limited discharge-related legal continuity planning and
referral support for children exiting ORR care. Under the proposed
award, Burke Law Group would provide legal orientation, legal
consultation, and attorney-of-record representation services for
eligible UACs while they remain in ORR care. The recipient would also
provide limited discharge-related legal continuity planning and
referral support to assist children in connecting with appropriate
post-discharge legal resources.
DATES: The proposed period of performance is August 15, 2026 to August
14, 2027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reina Byrd, Assistant Deputy Director,
Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau, 330 C St SW, Washington, DC 20201.
Telephone: (202) 256-9497, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cf9daaa6a1aee18db6bdab8faeaca9e1a7a7bce1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c0e3935323d721e252e381c3d3f3a7234342f723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR announces the intent to award a single-
source cooperative agreement to Burke Law Group to provide legal
orientation, legal consultation, and attorney-of-record representation
services, as required under 8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(5), 45 CFR 410.1309(a),
and the preliminary injunction in Community Legal Services In East Palo
Alto, et. al. v. HHS, et. al., No. 4:25-cv-02847 (N.D. Cal.), for
eligible UACs during immigration proceedings before EOIR and in
hearings and proceedings before USCIS while children remain in ORR
care. The proposed award also includes limited discharge-related legal
continuity planning and referral support.
The proposed award would expand ORR's capacity to provide legal
orientation, legal consultation, and attorney-of-record representation
services for eligible UACs while complementing existing ORR-funded
legal services. Services under the proposed award include legal
orientation, legal consultation, and attorney-of-record representation
during immigration proceedings before EOIR and USCIS, and limited
discharge-related legal continuity planning and referral support.
The proposed award is intended to help address identified gaps in
legal orientation, legal consultation, and attorney-of-record
representation services for eligible UACs while supporting ORR's
statutory responsibility to ensure, to the greatest extent practicable,
that eligible UACs have counsel to represent them during immigration
proceedings.
Statutory Authority: Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, 6 U.S.C. 279, transferred responsibility for the care and custody
of UACs to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. In addition, the William
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008,
8 U.S.C. 1232(c)(4) and (c)(5), requires the Department of Health and
Human Services, to the greatest extent practicable and consistent with
8 U.S.C. 1362, to ensure that UACs have counsel to represent them in
legal proceedings or matters and to protect them from mistreatment,
exploitation, and trafficking.
Dawnisha Helland,
Assistant Principal Deputy Director, Unaccompanied Alien Children
Bureau, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 2026-16081 Filed 8-4-26; 4:15 pm]
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