Our Standards

How we list facilities

Every facility in this directory comes from SAMHSA's official federal treatment locator. No one can pay to appear here, and nothing on this site is an advertisement. This page explains exactly how the directory works — and where its limits are.

Where every listing comes from

All listings are drawn from FindTreatment.gov, the treatment locator run by SAMHSA — the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the federal registry of licensed substance use treatment providers. If a facility is not in that federal dataset, it does not appear in this directory. We do not add facilities by hand, accept submissions from marketers, or pull listings from any commercial source.

No money changes hands

This is the most important thing to understand about this site, so we'll be blunt:

• Facilities cannot pay to be listed, featured, or ranked. There is no way for a treatment center to buy its way into this directory or improve its position in it.
• There are no sponsored results. Nothing on any page is an ad placed by a treatment provider.
• We have no affiliate relationships with treatment centers. We earn nothing when you call a facility or visit its website.
• We do not sell leads. Many rehab directories collect your phone number and sell it to call centers. This site has no forms, collects no contact information, and passes nothing to anyone.

That independence is also why we publish no reviews and no rankings. We are not in a position to judge the quality of medical care, and "top 10" lists in this industry are too often pay-to-play. Facilities appear in a neutral order, described by the same data fields for everyone.

How the data is refreshed

Listings are periodically re-pulled from the federal dataset so that closed facilities drop off and new ones appear. The current dataset was updated in June 2026. Between refreshes, individual facilities can still change — a program may fill, a location may move, an insurance contract may end — which is why every page on this site tells you to call before you go.

How facilities are matched to cities

Each city page shows facilities located within roughly 15 miles of the city center. For smaller metros where treatment options are more spread out, we widen that radius to roughly 25 miles so the page still reflects what's realistically reachable. This means a facility in a neighboring suburb may appear on more than one city page — that's intentional, because people search by the city they know, not by county lines.

What the badges mean

The service and payment badges on each listing — things like Medicaid, Outpatient, Detox, or Medication-Assisted Treatment — come directly from the SAMHSA dataset's own service codes. Facilities report these services to SAMHSA; we translate the codes into plain language and display them. We do not award badges, verify them independently, or remove them based on our own judgment. They are a summary of what the facility has told the federal government it offers.

The limits of this data

Honest directories admit what they can't promise. Facility information changes faster than any dataset can: programs reach capacity, staff change, services are added or discontinued, and insurance acceptance shifts. A badge on this site means the facility reported that service to SAMHSA — it does not guarantee the service is available today, that a bed is open, or that your specific insurance plan is accepted. Always verify directly with the facility before traveling or making decisions. Every listing includes a phone number for exactly that reason.

Report a correction

If you find a listing that's wrong — a facility that has closed, a phone number that doesn't work, a service that's no longer offered — please tell us through the contact page. We review corrections against the federal dataset and update listings at the next refresh. You can read more about who we are and why this site exists on the about page, or go straight to finding treatment by city.