| 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: 2011 Percent |
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| Facility operation and primary focus | Number of facilities | Percent | ||||||||
| Sign language |
Any language other than English |
Language services provided by: | Languages provided by staff counselor1 | |||||||
| Total | Staff counselor only |
On-call interpreter only2 |
Both staff counselor and on-call interpreter |
Spanish | American Indian/Alaska Native language |
Other | ||||
| Total | 13,720 | 28.1 | 41.4 | 100.0 | 41.5 | 34.4 | 24.1 | 94.0 | 3.3 | 26.0 |
| Facility operation | ||||||||||
| Private non-profit | 7,869 | 33.7 | 45.9 | 100.0 | 38.5 | 37.8 | 23.7 | 96.2 | 1.9 | 24.5 |
| Private for-profit | 4,194 | 14.7 | 33.0 | 100.0 | 56.4 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 93.6 | 2.5 | 30.2 |
| Local, county, or community govt. | 742 | 49.1 | 54.2 | 100.0 | 20.9 | 44.0 | 35.1 | 90.7 | 0.4 | 28.4 |
| State government | 351 | 40.7 | 47.3 | 100.0 | 31.9 | 41.6 | 26.5 | 97.9 | - - | 17.5 |
| Federal government | 348 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 100.0 | 25.8 | 45.5 | 28.8 | 72.2 | 36.1 | 22.2 |
| Dept. of Veterans Affairs | 225 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 100.0 | 17.1 | 61.0 | 22.0 | 100.0 | 12.5 | 31.3 |
| Dept. of Defense | 89 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 100.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 100.0 | - - | 33.3 |
| Indian Health Service | 30 | 10.0 | 46.7 | 100.0 | 57.1 | 7.1 | 35.7 | 23.1 | 84.6 | 7.7 |
| Other | 4 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 100.0 | - - | - - | 100.0 | 100.0 | - - | - - |
| Tribal government | 216 | 11.1 | 23.6 | 100.0 | 64.7 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 11.9 | 92.9 | 7.1 |
| Primary focus of facility | ||||||||||
| Substance abuse treatment services | 8,094 | 23.5 | 39.3 | 100.0 | 48.7 | 28.1 | 23.2 | 94.9 | 2.1 | 24.2 |
| Mental health services | 877 | 38.1 | 42.0 | 100.0 | 20.9 | 55.7 | 23.4 | 91.4 | 3.7 | 31.3 |
| Mix
of mental health and substance abuse treatment services |
4,385 | 35.4 | 45.8 | 100.0 | 34.3 | 40.6 | 25.1 | 93.0 | 5.4 | 28.8 |
| General health care | 190 | 24.2 | 33.7 | 100.0 | 29.7 | 40.6 | 29.7 | 84.2 | 10.5 | 26.3 |
| Other/unknown | 174 | 14.4 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 43.1 | 24.1 | 32.8 | 93.2 | - - | 22.7 |
| 1 Percentage of facilities based on facilities where languages services are provided by staff counselors only and by both staff counselors and on-call interpreters. | ||||||||||
| 2 Facilities that offered services in any language other than English but did not have a valid response to language provider were classified as providing services by an on-call interpreter only. | ||||||||||
| - - Quantity is zero. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2011. | ||||||||||
