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If someone you know needs help for substance abuse addiction or problems with alcohol, where do you turn to find treatment? The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator was created for just this purpose. It is a searchable directory of more than 11,000 addiction treatment programs around the country that treat alcoholism, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse problems.
The Locator includes outpatient treatment programs, residential treatment programs, hospital inpatient programs, and partial hospitalization/day treatment programs for drug addiction and alcoholism in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Palau, and the Virgin Islands.
The Locator is maintained by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). All information in the Locator is updated annually based on facility responses to SAMHSA's National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. New facilities are added monthly.
Using the Locator
The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator can be found on the Internet at:
Use the CLICK HERE to go to the Locator's home page, which shows a map of the United States, then click on the State you need.
The Locator has three search tools: Quick Search, Detailed Search, and List Search. Quick Search and Detailed Search are geographically based and show the facilities within a 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, or 100-mile radius of a starting point that you designate. The searches cross city, county, and State boundaries. List Search is based on political boundaries and shows all the facilities within a specified city, county, zip code(s), State(s) or Territory(ies).
To use Quick Search, click on a State on the map. On the next screen, enter a city or zip code. A street address can be used to center your search more precisely. Then choose a search radius.
The Locator displays the number of facilities within the chosen distance of the starting point (i.e., the center of the city or zip code, or the street address if specified), and a map of the 10 closest facilities.1 Figure 1 illustrates the type of map resulting from a search for facilities in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, using a 5-mile search radius. The search found 39 facilities within a 5-mile radius. Clicking on a facility number on the map results in a zoomed map of that facility and its surroundings.
If your search results in a large number of facilities and you wish to reduce the number, use the CLICK HERE option displayed above the map to start Detailed Search.
Below the map is a detailed listing for each facility, starting with the closest (Figure 2). The listing gives the name and address of the facility, its telephone number(s), and telephone hotline or website, if any. In addition, the types of services offered are displayed. Table 1 details the categories and services that may be listed.
Quick Search
Quick Search finds the substance abuse treatment facilities closest to the city, zip code, or street address you enter.
| Figure 1. Sample Map Generated by Quick Search | |
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To use Detailed Search, click on the tab at the left of the Locator. The first screen is similar to the screen for Quick Search. Enter a city or zip code; a street address can be used to center your search more precisely. Then choose a search radius.
On the next screen, check the boxes that correspond to your search criteria. If you check one or more boxes WITHIN a category, the Locator will find facilities that offer AT LEAST ONE of the services you checked in that category. This means that the more selections you make within a category, the greater the number of facilities that will meet your search criteria.
For example, to find facilities that offer substance abuse treatment OR detoxification, check both of these boxes under Services Provided. The Locator will find facilities that offer either treatment, detoxification, or both. To find only those facilities that offer detoxification, check only the detoxification box.
On the other hand, if you check boxes under MORE THAN ONE category, the Locator will find only facilities that meet ALL of the criteria. Therefore, the more categories you make selections from, the fewer the number of facilities that will meet your search criteria.
For example, to find substance abuse treatment facilities that offer outpatient treatment AND a special program for adolescents, check the appropriate boxes under Services Provided, Type of Care, and Special Programs/Groups. The Locator will list only facilities that offer ALL of these services.
Figure 3 illustrates the type of results produced by a Detailed Search based on the same Cincinnati location and search radius used to produce Figure 1, but specifying facilities that provide substance abuse treatment, an outpatient setting, have a special program for adolescents, accept Medicare, and offer payment assistance. Because of the narrow search criteria, only two facilities with these characteristics were found within a 5-mile radius.
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| Figure 3. Sample Map Generated by Detailed Search | |
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List Search will also identify facilities based on all or part of a facility name. You can use this feature to quickly find information on a particular facility. You may also be able to use this feature to search for facilities with characteristics not included in the Locator criteria. For example, treatment facilities associated with outdoor activities might be identified by a name search for "wilderness" or "ranch."
After the List Search is completed, you can print a list of the facilities and their characteristics, or you can download the list as a data file. The data file can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet, or as tab- or comma-delimited text with a file layout. The data file includes the mailing address, the facility's street address, and other data about the facility. It can be sorted or otherwise manipulated according to your needs.
A link is provided to SAMHSA's Buprenorphine Physician Locator. This site is similar to the Locator and identifies physicians who are authorized to prescribe buprenorphine by zip code, city, county, or State.
A link to SAMHSA's Mental Health Facility Locator provides a directory of mental health services, resources, and statistics by State.
Links to Federal and non-governmental agencies and organizations that provide information about substance abuse and its treatment are provided.
A "Frequently Asked Questions" page provides additional information on using the Locator and getting listed in the Locator.
Comments or questions about the Locator and/or substance abuse treatment can be e-mailed to SAMHSA at locator@smdi.com. SAMHSA attempts to respond to all queries.
This report was prepared by the Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA; Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and by RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (RTI International is a trade name of Research Triangle Institute).
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End Note
1 Maps are powered by Microsoft MapPoint Technology. Copyright © 2005 Microsoft Corporation.
The Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) is an integrated data system maintained by the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator is an on-line searchable directory of substance abuse treatment programs around the country. It is based on SAMHSA's Inventory of Substance Abuse Treatment Services and the annual National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities.
Information and data for this issue are based on data reported to TEDS through March 1, 2004.
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