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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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WELCOME TO THE N
SSATS WEBSITE— This site should help
you find answers to many of your questions about completing the
N
SSATS questionnaire, plus provide you with other useful links
and information.
The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services
(N
SSATS) is an annual census of all substance abuse treatment
facilities in the United States and its territories. Each year, about 17,000
facilities are surveyed and information is collected on their location,
organizational structure, services, and utilization. The data are used by
policymakers when decisions are being made about substance abuse
treatment programs. Information from the survey is also used to compile
and update the National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Treatment Programs and the online Substance Abuse Treatment
Facility Locator, two widely used resources for referrals to treatment.
The N-SSATS is conducted for SAMHSA by Mathematica Policy
Research, Inc.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Definitions for Terms Used in the N-SSATS
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1. Access To Recovery (ATR)
2. ASAM Levels Of Care

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 3.

Clinical Practices and Treatment Approaches

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4. Community Reinforcement Plus Vouchers

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5. Computerized Substance Abuse Treatment

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Facility Locator

6. Criminal Justice Clients
7. IHS/638 Contract Care Funds
8. Matrix Model
9. Medicaid
10. Medicare

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National Provider Identifier

12. OTP Certification
13. Outpatient
14. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
15. Specially Designed Substance Abuse Treatment Program
or Group
16. Transitional Housing or Halfway House
Access to Recovery (ATR): ATR is a competitive
discretionary grant program funded by the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment, which provides vouchers to
clients for the purchase of substance abuse clinical treatment
and recovery support services. Grants are awarded to states
and Tribal Organizations. The participating states and
program names are:
Alaska
Arizona

Circle of Recovery
Arizona Access to Recovery
California Access to

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California

Recovery Effort (CARE)

California Rural
Indian Health Board, Inc.

California American Indian
Recovery (CAIR). (Targeting
American Indian/Alaska Native
people with substance abuse
disorders.)

Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Michigan
Missouri

Access Colorado
Access to Recovery Program
(ATR)
District of Columbia ATR
MyFlorida Access to
Recovery
Hawaii Access to Recovery
(HI-ATR)
Access to Recovery–Idaho
Illinois Access to Recovery
(ATR) Program
Indiana Access to Recovery
Iowa ATR
Louisiana Access to
Recovery
Anishnabe Access to
Recovery Program
Building on a Foundation of
Rock

Missouri

Access to Recovery II:
Partnering for Excellence
Program. (A broad spectrum of
people will be served, but
priority will be given to critical
populations including
methamphetamine users,
offenders transitioning from
prison to the community, and
veterans returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan.)

Montana-Wyoming Tribal
Leaders Council

Rocky Mountain Tribal
Access to Recovery Program
(RMTAR.) (A collaboration of
Montana and Wyoming Tribal
and Urban Indian substance
abuse treatment and recovery
support services providers.)

New Jersey

New Jersey Access Initiative

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New Mexico
Ohio
Oklahoma

Cherokee Nation
Oklahoma

Rhode Island
Tennessee

(NJAI)
New Mexico Partnerships for
Recovery
Ohio ATR
Oklahoma ATR
The Cherokee Nation Many
Paths Project. (This award
seeks to improve access to
services for American Indian
adolescents and adults, males
and females, judged to be in
need of substance abuse
services.)
Rhode Island ATR
Tennessee Access to
Recovery (ATR) Program

Texas

Access to Recovery OR
Texas Expanding Access to
Recovery (TEATR). (TEATR
will extend the current program
from 13 to 18 counties, as well
as enhance the faith-based,
volunteer-based and
community-based components
of ATR. Will include treatment
and recovery support to
methamphetamine abusers
without regard to drug court
involvement in all 18 counties.)

Washington

State of Washington Access
to Recovery (ATR) OR
Washington State Access to
Recovery II. (Will provide social
service intervention over the
three-year grant period to
individuals in crisis because of
drug or alcohol misuse.)

Wisconsin
Wyoming

Montana-Wyoming Tribal
Leaders Council

Wisconsin Wiser Choice ATR
Program
Wyoming Access to Recovery
Program (ATR)
Rocky Mountain Tribal
Access to Recovery Program
(RMTAR). (A collaboration of
Montana and Wyoming Tribal

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and Urban Indian substance
abuse treatment and recovery
support services providers.)
Get more information about Access to Recovery and grantee
websites.
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ASAM Levels of Care: The American Society of Addiction
Medicine (ASAM) has developed guidelines regarding levels
of care that are now widely used. The ASAM levels of care
are: Level 0.5, Early Intervention; Level I, Outpatient
Treatment; Level II, Intensive Outpatient/Partial
Hospitalization; Level III, Residential/Inpatient Treatment; and
Level IV, Medically-Managed Intensive Inpatient Treatment.
Within these broad levels of service is a range of specific
levels of care. Since some treatment facilities may be more
familiar with the ASAM level-of-care terminology than with the
treatment categories used in the N-SSATS questionnaire, we
have added a notation indicating the corresponding ASAM
level of care below each N-SSATS category in the
questionnaire. We hope that this added information will make
responding to the N-SSATS questionnaire easier for facilities
that use the ASAM classifications.
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Clinical Practices and Treatment Approaches
12-Step Facilitation: Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) consists
of a brief, structured, and manual-driven approach to
facilitating early recovery from alcohol abuse/alcoholism and
other drug abuse/addiction. It is intended to be implemented
on an individual basis in 12 to 15 sessions and is based in
behavioral, spiritual, and cognitive principles that form the
core of 12-step fellowships such as Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA). It is suitable for problem
drinkers and other drug users and for those who are alcohol
or other drug dependent. For more information see
http://archives.drugabuse.gov/ADAC/ADAC10.html.
Anger management: An intervention strategy appropriate for
the stage of substance abuse treatment aimed at maintaining
abstinence after it has been achieved.
Brief intervention: A short-term intervention, usually one to
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dependent.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy: Cognitive-behavioral therapy
involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and
reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more
realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with
individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally
expected to be active participants in their own therapy.
Contingency Management/Motivational Incentives: Often
used in the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse, contingency
management employs a positive-reinforcement treatment
method in which patients are given rewards for constructive
actions taken towards their recovery.
Motivational interviewing: Motivational interviewing is a
counseling approach which acknowledges that many people
experience ambivalence when deciding to make changes. Its
aim is not to immediately focus on the action of changing, but
work to enhance motivation to change.
Relapse prevention: A cognitive-behavioral therapy
developed for the treatment of problem drinking and adapted
later for cocaine addicts. Cognitive-behavioral strategies are
based on the theory that learning processes play a critical role
in the development of maladaptive behavioral patterns.
Individuals learn to identify and correct problematic behaviors.
Relapse prevention encompasses several cognitivebehavioral strategies that facilitate abstinence as well as
provide help for people who experience relapse. For more
information about Relapse Prevention, see
http://archives.drugabuse.gov/BTDP/Effective/Carroll.html.
Substance abuse counseling: A short-term treatment that
has been generalized for a variety of disorders, including
opiate drug dependence and cocaine abuse. The therapy
includes supportive techniques, which encourage the patient
to discuss personal experiences, and expressive techniques,
which enable the patient to work through interpersonal
relationship issues and gain greater self understanding.
Trauma-related counseling: Counseling techniques adapted
for clients suffering from trauma. For more information, see
the following website for SAMHSA's National Center for
Trauma-Informed Care
http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic/default.asp.
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Reinforcement Plus Vouchers is an intensive outpatient
therapy where individuals focus on improving family relations,
receive vocational training, and learn a variety of skills to
minimize drug dependency. An incentive program (vouchers
whereby individuals can earn points exchangeable for retail
items) is used to encourage individuals to remain in treatment
and be abstinent.
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Computerized Substance Abuse Treatment: Computer- or
web-based interactive, structured, substance abuse treatment
program to support the assessment, intervention, treatment,
or continuing care of clients.
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Criminal Justice Clients: Clients who are involved in the
criminal justice system. This includes those who are awaiting
trial, incarcerated, on probation, on parole or mandated by the
courts to receive treatment.
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IHS/638 Contract Care Funds: Within the Department of
Health and Human Services, IHS is the primary provider of
health care to tribes. Through a contract, tribes can receive
the money that IHS would have used to provide direct health
services for tribal members. Tribes can use these funds to
provide directly, or through another entity, a broad range of
health services. This option was part of P.L. 93-638 and is
commonly known as "638 contracting."
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Matrix Model: The Matrix Model approach provides a
framework for substance abuse users to obtain the ability to
cease drug use, stay in treatment, and participate in an
educational program on addiction and relapse. Users are also
provided with direction and support from a trained therapist
and introduced to self-help programs.
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Medicaid: Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that
helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes
and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to
state.
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Medicare: Medicare is the federal health insurance program
for people age 65 and older and people with disabilities.
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National Provider Identifier (NPI): The NPI is a standard
identification number for health care providers that was
mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). It is a unique, ten-digit
number issued by the National Provider System (NPS) and is
used in the administrative and financial transactions specified
by HIPAA. All covered entities under HIPAA were required to
apply for and use an NPI by May 2007, or May 2008,
depending on the size of the organization.
For more information about the National Provider Identifier,
see the NPI Fact Sheet on the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) website.
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OTP Certification: Certification is the process by which the
SAMHSA/CSAT Division of Pharmacologic Therapies (DPT)
determines that an OTP is qualified to provide Opioid
treatment under 42 CFR Part 8.
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Outpatient: Outpatient substance abuse clients receive
treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment
facility or hospital.
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Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT): REBT is a
therapeutic approach that places the focus on the present,
such as, currently held attitudes, painful emotions, and
maladaptive behaviors that can disrupt life. This method of
treatment includes an REBT practitioner who personalizes a
set of techniques for helping individuals examine their own
thoughts, beliefs, and actions and replace those that are selfdefeating with more life-enhancing alternatives.
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Specially Designed Substance Abuse Treatment Program
or Group: A facility may offer a standard substance abuse
program to all clients but, in addition, offer specially designed
programs or groups for specific types of clients. Although the
treatment methods could be the same, specially designed

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programs or groups are exclusively for a specific type of client
and discussions are particularly relevant to that type of client.
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Transitional Housing or Halfway House: Housing for
individuals recovering from substance abuse that is designed
to provide a drug- and alcohol-free living environment and
appropriate support services to facilitate movement to
independent living. This includes transitional living, sober
houses, sober living, recovery houses, and 3/4 houses.
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© 2013 Mathematica Policy Research, P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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If you have any questions about the survey .....

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CONTACT US

Email the N-SSATS Help Desk at HelpDesk@NSSATS.com

PRESS RELEASES
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Fax the N-SSATS Help Desk at 609-799-0005, ATTN: NSSATS

RELATED LINKS
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Information System)
Substance Abuse Treatment
Facility Locator
N-SSATS Profile—United States
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© 2013 Mathematica Policy Research, P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393
Phone: 1 (888) 324-8337 Fax: (609) 799-0005
Email comments or questions to mailto:HelpDesk@NSSATS.com.
Mathematica® is a registered trademark of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.