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June 26, 2007

Facilities Offering Special Treatment Programs or Groups, 2005

- A total of 13,371 substance abuse treatment facilities responded to the 2005 N-SSATS, and 83 percent of them offered at least one special program or group addressing particular needs of specific client types
- The most commonly offered special program or group was for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders (38 percent)
- Eighty-eight percent of the largest facilities in 2005 had at least one special program or group while 72 percent of the smallest facilities had at least one

Posted by Gary Holden at June 26, 2007 2:18 AM