Northwest Passage's Prairieview campus, located in the lakes and woods region of Northwest Wisconsin, is a
residential treatment facility designed to meet the unique needs of adolescent females and gender-diverse adolescents aged 12 to 17. The campus is situated on 25 acres of rolling prairie in Frederic, Wisconsin, featuring a full-service cafeteria, on-site treatment staff, classrooms, and lounge areas. It also includes an on-site wellness center with a gymnasium, fitness center, classrooms, and an outdoor education classroom. The grounds offer opportunities for experiential learning, including gardens, a greenhouse, a hammock village, nature trails, an orchard, a playground, and a fire pit.
The program focuses on building resiliency by developing a therapeutic lifestyle based on their grounding principle, The PassageWay. This approach helps each young person enhance emotional regulation, develop healthy coping skills, foster positive relationships, and establish community connections. Services include experiential learning, innovative mental health interventions, and safe relationship-building. Evidence-based interventions such as dialectical behavior therapy (
DBT), SMART skills, and Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC)-informed practices are integrated into treatment plans. Engagement in activities like hiking, canoeing, volunteering, nature photography, and equine therapy is encouraged to promote
holistic healing.
Prairieview serves youth from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, maintaining a commitment to providing an inclusive environment where all individuals feel welcomed and supported. The facility offers 24 beds across three units in a comfortable dorm-like setting, with an approximate average stay of 6 to 10 months and a minimum staff-to-client ratio of 1:4. The multidisciplinary team collaborates with youth and their families to help them see themselves in a new light, promoting resilience, determination, collaboration, and a strong work ethic throughout the recovery journey.