Beaufort County is slated to receive a new $30-plus million Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic that will serve thousands of South Carolina Lowcountry veterans.
On July 29, Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) announced the U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs had formally authorized $30,464,000 in funding for the construction of a Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Beaufort County.
The funding will support the site procurement, design and construction of a new outpatient facility aimed at improving access to medical services, counseling and VA programs for the recorded 16,881 veterans who call Beaufort County home, as well as veterans in surrounding areas who have to travel farther for health care, such as to Charleston, S.C…