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: 2009 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 counselor2
				Total	Staff counselor only	On-call interpreter only	Both staff counselor and on-call interpreter	Spanish	American Indian/Alaska Native language	Other
Total	13,513	27.2	43.1	100.0	45.6	33.0	21.4	94.0	3.0	22.1
Facility operation
Private non-profit	7,826	31.9	46.5	100.0	43.1	36.0	20.9	95.4	2.2	20.5
Private for-profit	3,959	14.9	36.7	100.0	58.7	22.4	18.9	93.9	1.1	27.2
Local, county, or community govt.	795	44.7	51.8	100.0	26.2	39.1	34.7	95.6	0.4	20.3
State government	401	39.2	49.6	100.0	34.2	46.2	19.6	94.4	1.9	17.8
Federal government	341	15.0	20.5	100.0	28.6	40.0	31.4	83.3	21.4	21.4
Dept. of Veterans Affairs	210	16.7	18.1	100.0	34.2	34.2	31.6	96.0	12.0	32.0
Dept. of Defense	91	7.7	20.9	100.0	31.6	47.4	21.1	100.0	- -	10.0
Indian Health Service	38	21.1	31.6	100.0	8.3	50.0	41.7	- -	100.0	- -
Other	2	50.0	50.0	100.0	- -	- -	100.0	100.0	- -	- -
Tribal government	191	11.5	29.3	100.0	67.9	17.9	14.3	23.9	89.1	4.3
Primary focus of facility
Substance abuse treatment services	8,257	23.3	41.6	100.0	52.8	26.9	20.2	95.0	2.2	19.4
Mental health services	878	38.8	43.1	100.0	26.2	55.6	18.3	88.7	1.2	41.1
Mix of mental health and substance     abuse treatment services	4,091	33.0	46.9	100.0	36.1	39.6	24.3	92.4	4.5	25.7
General health care	169	21.3	32.5	100.0	43.6	38.2	18.2	91.2	11.8	11.8
Other/unknown	118	17.8	33.1	100.0	61.5	23.1	15.4	96.7	6.7	20.0
1 Percentages sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could offer services in more than one language.
2 Percentage of facilities based on facilities where languages services are provided by staff counselors only and by both staff counselors and on-call interpreters.
- - Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2009.