The Secretary of Veterans Affairs has announced plans to open 25 new community-based clinics in 17 states and American Somoa.

The new facilities, called community-based outpatient clinics, or CBOCs, will start becoming operational this year.

The new clinics will be located in Alabama, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Local VA officials will keep communities and their veterans informed of milestones in the creation of the new CBOCs.