NETWORK SUPPORT SERVICES is proud to be the sponsor of  
         Network Therapeutic communities in six New York State correctional facilities after spinning off 
         from Episcopal Social Services of  New   York in 2010 with the  blessing and full support of ESS.  
         We are committed to carrying  forward the NETWORK name,  inspired by the Network 
         Philosophy, the need for quality services, the strength and commitment  of our community
         members  and the  high standards and extraordinary outcomes that have  characterized Network
         for the last ten years.

         The Network Philosophy
                 
      NETWORK  IS:
                                                       

• A positive environment for human development in a caring community where individuals can help themselves  and each other.      
  
• Community members work together to establish and maintain a growth-filled    environment.  We focus on behavioral change and confront attitudes which are destructive to ourselves and to the community.
  
•  A place to set goals and practice behaviors which lead to successful living. 
  
• A disciplined lifestyle, bringing a process for examining attitudes and values for learning to deal with stress.
• A chance to change, to confront our mistakes and accept responsibility for our lives.
  
  Launched in 30 prisons in 1979 by the New York State Department of Correctional Services, Network was originally intended as  a therapeutic-community quality of life   program. Then, as now, separate prison dorms, cottages or cell blocks in medium and maximum-security facilities became home to positive  men and women committed to  turning their lives around through daily therapeutic activity, education and peer/ staff support. After  state budget cuts led to Network's closure in the mid-nineties, the program was reborn in 1999 when it was adopted by the Episcopal Social Services of NY Program family. In 2010, with the blessing and support of Episcopal Social Services, Network was officially spun off and became an independent nonprofit organization. Today, Network in the Prisons and its sister program, Network in the Community--developed in 2004 to meet an urgent demand for more and better services for prison re-entrants--are sponsored and directed  by Network Support Services, Inc.(NSSI). Together, the two Network Programs support, guide and walk the walk to freedom with over 1,000 individuals each year.
  

    
        Ninety--three percent (93%) of the men and women who go through Network do not   
        return to prison!