Northwest Indian
Treatment Center
Northwest Indian Treatment Center (NWITC), which opened in 1994, provides residential alcohol and drug treatment to a primarily Native American population from Washington, Oregon and Idaho. It received national accreditation by CARF in January 1998 and was recognized by the reviewers as one of the best residential programs in the nation.
Welcomed and hailed by tribal leaders who felt the urgent need for such a facility, NWITC has responded with an overwhelming success rate of nearly 60 percent. The treatment center specializes in unresolved trauma and grief related to chronic relapse patterns.
Ingenious in creativity, the center offers a wide variety of cultural activities and traditional/religious ceremonies, making it a natural place to heal . . . body, mind and soul. Fittingly, the center was given the spiritual name "D3WXbi Palil" meaning "Returning from the Dark, Deep Waters to the Light."
The treatment center accepts patients that are referred through outpatient treatment programs, parole and probation services, hospitals, assessment centers and child and family service centers. Medical care is provided through local Indian Health Service clinics and other medical service providers.
Centrally located in Grays Harbor County between Olympia and Aberdeen, the center rests on 2.5 acres in the small rural town of Elma, WA.
An outpatient program was added in 1999 to further meet the patient needs of both adults and youth. The outpatient program is located near the Squaxin Island Reservation at 100 Whitener Road.
