About.com’s Alcoholism Blog authored by Buddy T. did an interesting post on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) periodic census of substance abuse treatment facilities in the U.S. He reports:
At the time of the latest census, March 31, 2008, 13,688 facilities responded to the N-SSATS survey. That means the number of facilities has remained about the same since 2004 – 13,454 compared to 13,688. But the number of people receiving services at any point in time has increased from 1,072,251 to 1,192,490. Of the 13,688 facilities, 58% are private, non-profit programs, 29% are for-profit programs and the remaining 13% are operated by local, state or federal government agencies. The survey also showed that 7% of those 1.2 million people in treatment were under the age of 18.
Check out Buddy T.’s blog on about.com and download a PDF of the SAMHSA census report.
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