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: 2010
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
only3
Both staff
counselor
and on-call
interpreter
Spanish American
Indian/Alaska
Native
language
Other
Total  13,339  27.7  42.4 100.0  42.9  34.2  22.9  94.0   3.1  25.0
Facility operation      
Private non-profit  7,683  33.0  46.6 100.0  40.4  37.2  22.4  95.9   1.8  23.5
Private for-profit  3,985  14.7  34.5 100.0  56.0  22.4  21.6  93.2   1.8  31.0
Local, county, or community govt.    751  46.9  51.7 100.0  21.9  43.8  34.3  97.2      - -  18.8
State government    380  38.9  50.8 100.0  34.7  42.5  22.8  93.7   0.9  18.0
Federal government    348  13.5  20.1 100.0  34.3  44.3  21.4  64.1  38.5  15.4
Dept. of Veterans Affairs    218  16.1  15.1 100.0  27.3  60.6  12.1 100.0   7.7  30.8
Dept. of Defense     91   7.7  20.9 100.0  36.8  42.1  21.1 100.0      - -  18.2
Indian Health Service     36  11.1  47.2 100.0  47.1  17.6  35.3      - - 100.0      - -
Other      3  33.3  33.3 100.0      - -      - - 100.0 100.0      - -      - -
Tribal government    192   9.4  27.6 100.0  66.0  18.9  15.1  18.6  95.3  11.6
Primary focus of facility      
Substance abuse treatment services  8,100  23.5  40.5 100.0  49.8  28.2  21.9  94.9   2.3  23.6
Mental health services    853  38.8  42.6 100.0  21.8  57.3  20.9  91.6   1.3  39.4
Mix of mental health and substance
    abuse treatment services
 4,113  34.1  46.9 100.0  34.9  39.9  25.2  92.6   4.9  26.1
General health care    168  19.6  33.9 100.0  40.4  42.1  17.5  81.8  12.1  18.2
Other/unknown    105  15.2  28.6 100.0  60.0  20.0  20.0 100.0      - -  29.2
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.
3  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), 2010.

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