Attachment B9 - 2007 2nd Cover Letter

Attachment B9
N-SSATS 2007 second mailing cover letter

Attachment B9 (N-SSATS 2007 second mailing cover letter)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD 20857

May 2007

Dear Facility Director:
On March 30 we mailed you the 2007 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services (N-SSATS) questionnaire. In case you did not receive the questionnaire or misplaced
it, we are sending you another copy. The N-SSATS is an annual survey of substance abuse
treatment facilities sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). Last year, over 96 percent of the nation’s substance abuse
treatment facilities participated in this survey. You may wonder why this level of participation is
so important, and here are some of the main reasons:
• N-SSATS provides the only comprehensive national data on the types of treatment
services available and the number of persons in treatment;
• N-SSATS responses are used to update the National Directory of Drug and Alcohol
Abuse Treatment Programs and the online Substance Abuse Treatment Facility
Locator found at http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov;
• N-SSATS data are used to develop treatment policies.
Please complete the enclosed questionnaire and return it in the postage-paid return envelope
provided; or if you prefer, complete the questionnaire on the Internet. The enclosed pink flyer
provides this facility’s unique User ID and Password for accessing the questionnaire on the
Internet. It is important that we receive your response as soon as possible.
If you have any questions about the survey or how to complete the questionnaire on the
Internet, please call the N-SSATS helpline at 1-888-324-8337.
Thank you for your participation in this important survey.

Sincerely,

Javaid Kaiser, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Applied Studies
Enclosures
NOTE: The N-SSATS questionnaire is designed to collect information about a single facility at a single
location, that is, the facility whose name and address is printed on the questionnaire’s cover. If your
organization offers treatment services at more than one location and you receive a questionnaire for each,
please complete and return a separate questionnaire for each location.