Helping Families Find the Right Program
POSAFY is a free directory of 10,800+ U.S. treatment facilities, built from SAMHSA's federal treatment locator with a focus on programs serving teens, young adults, and their families. We are a small health-tech team — not a treatment provider, not a referral network, and no facility pays to be listed.
A Small Team Working on One Hard Problem
POSAFY is run by a small group of health-tech professionals who kept seeing the same gap: federal treatment data exists, but a worried parent at midnight can rarely find it — let alone filter it for a 16-year-old.
So our job is narrow on purpose: take the government's facility records and make them searchable by the people who need them most — parents, guardians, young adults, and the counselors who support them.
We build the search tools, keep the data synced with federal sources, and stay out of the way. The clinical work belongs to the licensed programs you find here.
Online-Only, On Purpose
We run no clinics and take no referral fees. Operating purely on the web keeps our attention on one thing: a directory that is accurate, fast, and simple enough to use during a stressful week.
Software people, working so families spend less time searching and more time deciding
Treatment Information Within Every Family's Reach
When a teen or young adult needs help with alcohol or drug use, families face thousands of programs with different age policies, insurance rules, and levels of care. Figuring out where to even start is often the hardest part.
POSAFY exists to shrink that first step. Reliable facility information should not depend on your ZIP code, your income, or knowing the right person to ask.
Our directory draws from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—the federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that maintains the national treatment facility registry.
Turning Federal Data Into Usable Answers
We convert dense government records into a search you can actually use. Filter by state or city, level of care, accepted insurance, and the age group a program serves — including adolescent and young adult tracks.
Every listing keeps its link back to official SAMHSA records, and each one shows the practical details first: phone number, services offered, and how the facility accepts payment.
Where Our Listings Come From
Two U.S. federal institutions supply everything we publish — one provides the facility records, the other grounds the science. Here is exactly who they are.
Our listings begin as records in SAMHSA's federal treatment locator — the same registry behind FindTreatment.gov. Every center we publish, including teen and young adult programs, traces back to an entry there.
We lean on NIH research — much of it published through NIDA — to keep our explanations of substance use and adolescent care aligned with current science rather than marketing language.
Additional Trusted Resources
The directory currently holds 10,800+ treatment facilities spanning 50 states, and we re-sync it against SAMHSA's records on a recurring cycle so listings stay accurate.
How We Keep the Data Honest
No mystery methodology. These four steps describe the full path a facility record takes from federal registry to the page you read.
Facility records enter our system straight from SAMHSA's locator dataset, so what you read mirrors the government's own publication — not a copy of a copy.
We re-check the database against federal updates on a recurring cycle, adding newly licensed programs and correcting phone numbers and addresses that change.
A center cannot buy its way onto POSAFY. Listings exist because they appear in SAMHSA's registry — never because a facility paid for visibility.
We reshape raw government tables into the filters families actually use: state, age group, accepted insurance, and level of care.
A Note on Freshness
Federal registries update on their own schedule, and facility details can shift between syncs. Before you commit to a program, call it directly to confirm current openings, services for your teen or young adult, and costs.
Four Rules We Don't Bend
Each one is a working constraint on how we build and maintain the directory — not a slogan.
Find a Program in Four Steps
Whether you are a parent, a counselor, or searching for yourself, the process works the same way.
Not Sure Where to Begin?
Start with the directory to see what exists near you, or call the SAMHSA National Helpline — free, confidential, and answered 24 hours a day.
SAMHSA National Helpline
Free, confidential referrals and information from the federal helpline — staffed every hour, every day of the year
1-800-662-HELP (4357)Explore the Directory
Search 10,800+ treatment facilities and filter by location, age group, services, and insurance
Find Treatment CentersCommercial Contact Line:
The number above is a commercial advertising line. For around-the-clock crisis support, use the SAMHSA helpline listed higher on this page.
Read Before You Rely on This Site
POSAFY is a directory, not a healthcare provider. Nothing here is medical advice, a diagnosis, or a treatment plan for you or your child. Use the listings to research options, then work with licensed clinicians to decide what care is appropriate.
In case of emergency, call 911.
SAMHSA Helpline: 1-800-662-HELPPOSAFY is a Delaware-registered digital service based in the U.S., built to widen access to treatment facility data for young people and their families. The directory keeps improving, and corrections or suggestions are welcome at hello@posafy.org
Last updated: July 2026