Table 4.11b Facilities offering services in sign language for the hearing impaired and in languages other than English, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: March 31, 2006 Percent distribution
Facility operation and primary focus	Number of facilities	Percent1
		Sign language	Any  language other than English	Language services provided by				Languages provided by staff counselor
				Total	Staff counselor	On-call interpreter	Both staff counselor and on-call interpreter	Spanish	American Indian/Alaska Native language	Other
Total	13,771	28.6	45.2	100.0	44.8	36.5	18.7	92.8	3.0	21.0
Facility operation
Private non-profit	8,111	32.8	48.3	100.0	43.3	37.7	19.0	94.7	1.6	20.1
Private for-profit	3,807	16.2	38.0	100.0	57.9	27.2	14.9	92.2	1.2	24.1
Local, county, or community govt.	896	46.3	56.9	100.0	25.1	48.4	26.5	95.8	1.9	19.8
State government	441	39.9	49.7	100.0	28.8	51.1	20.1	92.5	2.8	15.0
Federal government	331	13.3	21.1	100.0	37.1	45.7	17.1	57.9	34.2	28.9
Dept. of Veterans Affairs	186	13.4	18.3	100.0	38.2	47.1	14.7	88.9	- -	33.3
Dept. of Defense	101	11.9	19.8	100.0	15.0	70.0	15.0	66.7	- -	66.7
Indian Health Service	42	14.3	35.7	100.0	66.7	13.3	20.0	7.7	100.0	- -
Other	2	50.0	50.0	100.0	- -	- -	100.0	100.0	- -	100.0
Tribal government	185	16.2	32.4	100.0	55.0	16.7	28.3	22.0	90.0	8.0
Primary focus of facility
Substance abuse treatment services	8,577	24.4	43.5	100.0	52.1	30.0	18.0	94.3	2.3	17.7
Mental health services	1,050	36.2	42.0	100.0	25.9	57.6	16.6	89.8	1.1	28.9
Mix of mental health and substance     abuse treatment services	3,715	36.6	50.6	100.0	35.3	44.3	20.5	90.1	4.8	26.8
General health care	223	26.5	38.6	100.0	23.3	47.7	29.1	80.0	13.3	33.3
Other/unknown	206	25.2	42.2	100.0	55.2	29.9	14.9	91.8	- -	24.6
1 Percents sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could offer services in more than one language.
- - Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2006.