• Addiction Severity Index (ASI) at baseline
  
• Treatment Services Review at two, four, eight, twelve weeks, and six months post admission to substance abuse treatment
  
• Follow-up ASI at six months post admission
  
• Helping Alliance Questionnaire at six months post admission
  
• Oral Drug Screen and Breathalyzer at 6 months post-admission
  

• Addiction Treatment Inventory conducted when a substance abuse treatment program agrees to participate in the study
  
• Counselor Background Form at the ASI training
  
• Phase 1 Feedback Forms three months after recruitment of final Phase 1 client
  
• Phase 2 Feedback Form (standard) three months after recruitment of final Phase 2 client
  
• Phase 2 Feedback Form (enhanced) three months after recruitment of final Phase 2 client
  

The proposed research study is directed at performing health services research in an estimated 15 community-based abstinence-oriented outpatient addiction treatment programs by developing ways of incorporating research-derived measures into standard clinical practice in the treatment of substance abuse clients. The primary goals are to use training and technology transfer to match services to client needs, increase the number of services received by clients, and improve client outcomes. In total, 20 counselors and 400 clients will participate in the study.

Comparisons: Two groups will be compared, a control and experimental group. The Standard Assessment group (control group), will provide treatment as usual and the Enhanced Assessment group (experimental group), will provide treatment with the use of an electronic resource guide that contains low and no cost services in the county in the which the treatment program is located.