Networx

What Networx does

Networx Supported Living Services, Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned social services agency incorporated in 2007 in San Diego, California. The company provides personalized Supported Living Services (SLS) to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) — including intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism — who wish to live independently in their own homes within San Diego County rather than in institutions or group homes. Services are delivered through a person-centered planning model built on five guiding principles: a home of one's own, choice and self-direction, relationships, community membership, and flexible tailored supports. The agency assists clients with housing acquisition and maintenance, daily living activities, personal care, assistive equipment, medication management, financial goal-setting, community participation, public transportation use, education, employment, and building support networks and self-advocacy skills.

Networx operates as a managed services provider within California's regulated developmental services system. Its revenue is derived exclusively from government-funded service contracts administered through the San Diego Regional Center (SDRC), the regional point of entry for individuals with developmental disabilities in San Diego and Imperial Counties. Networx is an approved SDRC vendor and maintains relationships with the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS), the Department of Rehabilitation, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), and advocacy organizations including the California Community Living Network (CCLN). The company recruits, screens, hires, trains, and supervises direct support professionals (DSPs) — currently standardized at $21.00 per hour — who deliver in-home services to individual clients across San Diego County.

The organization maintains an informal alliance with two peer agencies, Creative Support Alternatives and Life Works, that share resources while remaining operationally independent. Led by founder and Owner Deborah Callahan and Executive Director Kristoffel van de Burgt (who joined with 22 years of prior supported living experience), the company is supported by a team of Associate Directors and Community Support Coordinators. Networx has explicitly committed to remaining a small, values-based agency and does not employ proprietary technology; its infrastructure consists of a company website (networx-sls.com), an online job application portal (jobs.networx-sls.com), phone, and email communications. The company has received no disclosed outside investment, operates without parent or subsidiary entities, and is registered as a California corporation doing business as "Networx SLS."

Name

Networx

Legal name

Networx Supported Living Services, Inc.

Website

https://networx-sls.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Networx Supported Living Services is a privately held San Diego-based agency providing personalized in-home support services to individuals with developmental disabilities, funded exclusively through the San Diego Regional Center within California's developmental services system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Supported Living Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

Keywords

• Supported living services
• Developmental disability support
• Personal care assistance
• Community living services
• Supported living agency

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Supported Living Services Funding: Networx is funded through the San Diego Regional Center to provide Supported Living Services to people with developmental disabilities. Revenue is derived from government-funded service contracts for personalized support services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Networx Supported Living Services, Inc. delivers personalized supported living services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (including intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism) in San Diego County. Services encompass housing assistance, daily living support, health and wellness management, community participation, employment support, and relationship building. The organization recruits, screens, hires, trains, and supervises teams of direct support professionals for each individual client and operates under a person-centered planning model funded through the San Diego Regional Center.

Product overview

Networx is a social services organization offering Supported Living Services as its core product to individuals with developmental disabilities in San Diego County. The organization provides personalized support services encompassing housing assistance, daily living support, health and wellness management, community integration, employment support, and network building. Services are delivered through a person-centered planning approach and include direct support providers, community support coordinators, and associate/executive directors working in partnership with individuals to create tailored support systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Supported Living Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Creative Support AlternativescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Creative Support Alternatives assisted Deborah Callahan to found Networx in 2007. The three agencies (Networx, Life Works, and Creative Support Alternatives) have developed an informal alliance designed to share the gifts and resources that respective agencies have to offer. This alliance helps them remain small, viable, and true to Supported Living values while surviving in tough economic times.
• Life WorkscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Life Works was instrumental in helping the vision of Networx become a reality. The three agencies (Networx, Life Works, and Creative Support Alternatives) have developed an informal alliance designed to share the gifts and resources that respective agencies have to offer. This alliance helps them remain small, viable, and true to Supported Living values.
• San Diego Regional Center (SDRC)coreOthersSDRC is the focal point in the community for information and services for persons with developmental disabilities living in San Diego and Imperial Counties, California. Networx is funded through the San Diego Regional Center to provide Supported Living Services.
• California Community Living Network (CCLN)minorOthersA statewide organization of people and agencies committed to the belief that every Californian with a developmental disability can live in his or her own home if provided the supports and services needed to be safe and successful.
• Department of Developmental Services (DDS)minorOthersThe California Department of Developmental Services is the agency through which the State of California provides services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities.
• Department of RehabilitationminorOthersWorking in partnership with consumers and other stakeholders to provide services and advocacy resulting in employment, independent living and equality for individuals with disabilities.
• In Home Support Services (IHSS)minorOthersIHSS provides homemaker and personal care assistance to persons receiving Supplemental Security Income or who have a low income and need aid in the home to remain independent. Referenced as a community resource for clients.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mains'l Services: California-based Supported Living Services provider for adults with developmental disabilities using a person-centered model. Operates in multiple counties and competes for the same regional-center funding stream that funds Networx.
• The Arc of San Diego: San Diego County chapter of The Arc, providing Supported Living Services, day programs, and advocacy for people with developmental disabilities. Competes with Networx for SDRC-funded SLS clients in the same geography.
• LifeBridge: California supported living services agency serving adults with developmental disabilities through regional-center funding. Comparable in mission, funding source, and small-agency SLS service model to Networx.
• Life Works: San Diego Supported Living Services agency and core member of the three-agency alliance with Networx and Creative Support Alternatives. Directly comparable in service model, funding source (SDRC), and small-agency values-based positioning.
• Creative Support Alternatives: San Diego-based Supported Living Services agency that co-founded the Networx alliance and shares resources, staff culture, and SDRC funding model. Operates the same person-centered SLS model for adults with developmental disabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Easterseals Southern California: Large, established Southern California disability services provider offering a broad portfolio including supported living, day programs, and employment services. Overlaps with Networx on SLS but competes at scale across multiple counties and service lines.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community health services platform with a significant I/DD and supported-living segment. Competes indirectly with Networx via regional-center relationships and Medicaid HCBS funding.
• Sevita Health (formerly The MENTOR Network): National operator of home- and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Competes with Networx for SLS referrals through its California footprint but at meaningfully larger scale.

Others

• California Department of Developmental Services (DDS): State agency that administers California's developmental services system and funds the 21 regional centers (including SDRC). Networx's core funder-of-funders and primary regulatory counterpart, shaping every element of the agency's operating model.
• California Community Living Network (CCLN): Statewide advocacy organization supporting the Supported Living movement in California, of which Networx is a member. Not a direct competitor but a peer in the ecosystem and a source of policy and funding advocacy relevant to Networx's revenue model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NetworxSLS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/networx-supported-living-services

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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