DBATR

No bullshit · Up front

How this works — honestly.

DBATR is one guy — Jacob Raab — building a platform for the people the system kept losing, because he was one of them. This page tells you exactly what we do, what we don't do, and what we're still figuring out.

Who's running this

Right now: one person. Jacob. Buffalo, NY. Lived addiction, trauma, the courts, the system. Built this because nobody built it for him when he needed it. The long-term plan is volunteer peer advocates, partners, and eventually staff — but day one, it's a one-man mission with software doing the heavy lifting.

What happens when you fill out the form

  1. Your intake goes into our database (encrypted, not shared).
  2. Our matching engine ranks facilities by modality, insurance, location, urgency, and availability.
  3. The top matches come back to you. You also get the facility's direct phone and website — call them yourself, no gatekeeping.
  4. Jacob sees every new request in his inbox and follows up personally when he can.

What we promise

  • • Free for the person seeking help. Always.
  • • We surface best-fit options. We don't sell you to the highest bidder.
  • • Facilities pay a flat subscription to be listed — never a per-referral or per-lead fee. That keeps the matching honest.
  • • If you tell us you're in crisis, we point you at 988, SAMHSA, and the closest detox/inpatient option first.

What we don't do (yet)

  • • We don't admit you to a facility. The final fit is between you and them — call, verify insurance, ask questions.
  • • We're not a medical provider. We don't diagnose. We don't prescribe.
  • • We don't have humans staffing 24/7 yet. If you need immediate crisis help, please call 988 first.
  • • Our facility list is growing. If we don't have a great match in your area, we'll say so instead of pushing a bad one.

Every one of those gaps has a bridge that covers you today, and a fix in progress. They're all written down on the Gap List.

We're going to mess things up

That's the honest truth. We'll miss matches, mis-route a request, or be slow to follow up. When that happens, please tell us — every flaw you flag makes the next person's experience better. Email hello@dbatr.com. Jacob reads it.
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