N-SUMHSS Between Cycle Advance Letter final

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[Date]
Dear [Facility Director] [or Current Facility Director]:
Your state health department has approved your facility to be listed in the online Behavioral Health
Treatment Services Locator, maintained by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). The Locator is an online directory that contains listings for both substance use treatment
facilities and mental health treatment facilities and can be found at https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov.
SAMHSA maintains the Locator as a public service for persons seeking treatment for themselves, friends, or
family members. There is no charge for having your facility listed in the Locator.
There are two requirements to be listed in the Locator. First, your facility must receive state health department
approval, a condition that has already been met. Second, your facility must also respond to SAMHSA’s annual
survey of substance use and mental health treatment facilities called the National Substance Use and Mental
Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS).
Although data collection for the next N-SUMHSS is not scheduled to begin until March 202X, facilities that
are approved in the interim can be added to the Locator by answering a brief set of questions about the types
of treatment and services they offer. Your participation in this survey will help many Americans find
treatment in their communities.
To answer this brief set of questions, please follow the steps listed below:

1. Log onto: https://nsumhss.samhsa.gov
2. The website will ask for a USER ID and PASSWORD. The unique USER ID and
PASSWORD assigned to your facility are:
USER ID:
PASSWORD:

[Web User Name]
[Web Password]

If you have any questions please call or email SAMHSA’s research contractor, ICF, at 1-833-302-1759
or [email protected], Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET.
Sincerely,

Heydy Juarez
BHSIS Project Officer
Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality
SAMHSA

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