Table 4.12b Facilities offering services in sign language for the hearing impaired and in languages other than English, by facility operation and primary focus of facility: 2008 Percent
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	13,688	28.1	43.0	100.0	43.7	35.0	21.3	93.3	3.1	22.6
Facility operation
Private non-profit	7,932	32.9	45.9	100.0	41.5	37.1	21.3	95.4	2.1	20.0
Private for-profit	4,015	16.0	36.5	100.0	56.0	25.6	18.4	92.2	1.5	30.0
Local, county, or community govt.	820	43.4	54.1	100.0	26.1	42.1	31.8	94.2	0.4	20.6
State government	427	39.8	50.1	100.0	33.2	49.5	17.3	95.4	- -	17.6
Federal government	314	14.6	20.1	100.0	34.9	44.4	20.6	71.4	34.3	14.3
Dept. of Veterans Affairs	174	16.1	17.8	100.0	29.0	48.4	22.6	93.8	6.3	18.8
Dept. of Defense	93	10.8	17.2	100.0	25.0	62.5	12.5	100.0	- -	33.3
Indian Health Service	44	15.9	34.1	100.0	60.0	20.0	20.0	25.0	91.7	- -
Other	3	33.3	33.3	100.0	- -	- -	100.0	100.0	- -	- -
Tribal government	180	13.9	30.6	100.0	54.5	21.8	23.6	18.6	97.7	4.7
Primary focus of facility
Substance abuse treatment services	8,378	23.8	41.5	100.0	51.5	28.3	20.2	94.3	2.2	20.0
Mental health services	923	38.7	39.7	100.0	21.0	60.9	18.0	90.9	0.7	39.2
Mix of mental health and substance     abuse treatment services	4,052	35.2	47.7	100.0	33.9	42.1	24.1	91.7	4.9	26.3
General health care	181	24.3	31.5	100.0	35.1	49.1	15.8	86.2	17.2	10.3
Other/unknown	154	16.9	33.1	100.0	58.8	21.6	19.6	90.0	7.5	27.5
1 Percentages 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), 2008.