VA Opening 31 New Outpatient Clinics
Dec 11 2008
The VA plans to open 31 new outpatient clinics in 16 states to provide easier access to health care.
The community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) will become operational by late 2010, with some opening in 2009. Local VA officials will keep communities and their veterans informed of milestones in the creation of the new CBOCs.
VA’s Proposed Sites for New Outpatient Clinics:
- Alabama – Monroe County (2010)
- Arkansas – Faulkner County (2010), Pope County (2010)
- California – Lake County (2010), Oakhurst (2010), Susanville (2010), Yuba County (2010)
- Florida – Brandon (2010), Clermont (2010)
- Georgia — Blairsville (2010)
- Hawaii – Leeward (Honolulu, 2010)
- Illinois – Carbondale (2009), Harrisburg (2010), Sterling (2010)
- Iowa — Decorah (2010)
- Maryland – Fort Meade (2010), Montgomery County (2010)
- Michigan – Bad Axe (2010), Cadillac (2010), Cheboygan (2010), Grayling (2010)
- Minnesota – Southern central border (2010), Southwest metro area (exact locations to be determined, 2010)
- Mississippi – Pike County (2010)
- Missouri – Excelsior Springs (2009), Sikeston (2009), Sedalia (2010)
- North Carolina – Edenton-Elizabeth City (2010), Goldsboro (2010)
- Pennsylvania – Cranberry Township (2009)
- Vermont – Brattleboro (2010)
This is good news. I hope that the USPHS will be assisting with staffing these facilities in the future.