How the program list is built

The list is SAMHSA’s own, filtered and arranged for one purpose. SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, runs FindTreatment.gov and publishes it through a public API. Our script downloads every substance use program in it and keeps the ones that answer yes to one question SAMHSA asks: does this facility administer or prescribe medication for alcohol use disorder?

What the medication labels mean

SAMHSA also records which medications each program uses. We show the four approved for alcohol use disorder:

On this site	SAMHSA’s wording
Naltrexone pill	Naltrexone (oral)
Naltrexone monthly shot	Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
Acamprosate	Acamprosate (Campral)
Disulfiram	Disulfiram

One catch: SAMHSA records medications for the whole program, not for each condition. Naltrexone also treats opioid use disorder, so a program that lists it may use it mainly for opioids. Ask when you call. A program that prescribes for alcohol but doesn’t name a drug shows “Medication names not listed”.

Other fields

Setting, payment, sliding fees, telehealth, family counseling, Spanish services and whether a program is alcohol-only all come from the matching SAMHSA fields. We shorten some labels and never add a service a program didn’t report.

How fresh it is

SAMHSA updates FindTreatment.gov every year from programs’ answers to its national survey of treatment facilities, and adds and changes listings between surveys. SAMHSA says every program in it has been licensed, certified or otherwise approved for inclusion by the state’s substance use or mental health authority. That is SAMHSA’s statement about its list; we don’t check licenses ourselves.

Every list shows the date it was last pulled. The refresh is a script that downloads the whole national list again, so closed programs drop off and new ones appear.

What the data can’t tell you

When HHS’s Office of Inspector General checked a sample of 100 FindTreatment.gov listings, 66 had at least one inaccurate detail, such as an address or a treatment approach, as of April 20, 2023 (OIG report A-09-23-01003, 2025). Our copy inherits whatever errors SAMHSA’s has, which is why every page says to call first and shows how to report a mistake.

• Whether a program is taking new patients, or how long the wait is. Call.
• Whether it takes your specific plan. “Medicaid” means some Medicaid plans. Ask about yours by name.
• Quality. Licenses and accreditation are minimum standards. Nothing in the listing measures outcomes.
• Accreditation, independently. We show the accreditation a program reported to SAMHSA. To check it, use Joint Commission Quality Check or CARF’s provider search. We link to them rather than copy their data.
• Your own doctor. Any licensed prescriber can prescribe naltrexone. SAMHSA lists treatment facilities, and a family doctor’s office usually isn’t one, so a short list near you doesn’t mean you can’t get medication.

Distances

The finder measures straight-line distance from the center of your ZIP code (Census Bureau 2024 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas) or from your device’s location if you allow it, all inside your browser. Programs SAMHSA lists without map coordinates are placed at the center of their ZIP code.

Source and attribution

Program data: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), FindTreatment.gov. Each page shows the date of the pull it was built from. SAMHSA publishes these listings as public information; we name SAMHSA as the source and don’t use its logo or seal, which SAMHSA reserves for official use under its logo guidelines (updated March 16, 2026), and nothing here means SAMHSA endorses this site or any program. FindTreatment.gov publishes no separate terms of use for its data that we could find as of October 24, 2026. ZIP code centers: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer, ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

Corrections

Programs should update their record with SAMHSA, and can also tell us so we fix it sooner.