What Sauvegarde26 does

Sauvegarde de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence de la Drôme (operating as Sauvegarde26) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901, reconnue d'utilité générale) founded in 1948 in Valence, Drôme, and recognized as the largest and longest-operating child protection and family support association in the department. The organization delivers mandated social services across five interconnected domains — child protection, family support, specialized prevention, social reintegration, and juvenile criminal justice — organized into five operational poles (Milieu Ouvert, Parentalités, Hébergement, Justice Pénale des Mineurs, and Prévention Insertion Formation) comprising more than 25 distinct services including SIE, AEMO/AED, AEIP, SAPMF/AEMOH, CPFS, Villa des Enfants, Villa des Adolescents, LRA, SAGAJM, CER, CEF, CHD, SCOPE, Espaces Rencontre, Médiation Familiale, Prévention Spécialisée, and Placement Extérieur de Personnes Écrouées.

The organization operates from a 19+ location real-estate footprint across the Drôme department, including residential facilities (Villa des Enfants, Villa des Adolescents, CER, CEF, CHD, LRA, Tremplin day-reception), office-based AEMO teams in six sub-regions, and prevention-specialized teams covering Montélimar, Pierrelatte, and Crest. Technology is limited to standard operational tooling: a WordPress-based corporate site hosted on OVH, Google Analytics 4, and HelloAsso for donation processing — there is no proprietary platform, software product, or AI/ML capability disclosed.

Revenue is essentially grant-funded: the 2024 budget of €18.369M was sourced 59.8% from the Département de la Drôme, 32.4% from the French State, 4.2% from other departments, 2.7% from other sources, 0.9% from local authorities, and 0.1% from private funds. Beneficiaries do not self-select; access is driven by judicial mandates (Juge des Enfants, Juge aux affaires familiales, Juge d'application des peines), departmental social services referrals, and PJJ (Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse) commissions. A parallel private-philanthropy channel was created in 2021 via the Fonds de dotation Enfance Adolescence Famille 26, alongside volunteer programs (parrainage, partage de savoirs) and HelloAsso-based donations and memberships. The organization employs 305 staff (236 women, 69 men; average age 46, average tenure 7 years) and served 5,631 children, adolescents, young adults, and parents in 2024.

Name

Sauvegarde26

Legal name

Sauvegarde de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence de la Drôme

Website

https://sauvegarde26.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sauvegarde26 is a French non-profit association founded in 1948 in Valence, operating the largest child protection and family support network in the Drôme department through 25+ mandated services spanning child protection, family mediation, specialized prevention, juvenile justice, and social reintegration. Funded ~92% by public grants with 305 staff serving 5,631 beneficiaries in 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Protection and Family Support Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO), Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM), Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

Keywords

• Child protection services
• Family support services
• Juvenile justice placement
• Social reintegration programs
• Specialized youth prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Valence

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Institutional Funding: The association's primary revenue is public funding from institutional buyers — the Département de la Drôme (59.8% of budget), the French State (32.4%), other departments (4.2%), local authorities (0.9%), and other sources (2.7%). These are contract-based grants tied to service mandates and volumes.
2. Donations and Memberships: The association is a recognized 'établissement d'utilité publique' habilitated to receive tax-deductible donations, legacies, and gifts (66% tax deduction). Donations are collected via HelloAsso platform. Memberships are also offered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sauvegarde26 is a non-profit social services association that delivers mandated child protection, family support, specialised youth prevention, juvenile criminal justice, and social reintegration services across the Drôme department of France. Its portfolio comprises residential care homes, open-environment educational interventions, family mediation, psychological investigations, foster placement, street-based prevention, and incarceration-to-community reintegration programmes, all delivered by multidisciplinary in-house teams across roughly 19 physical sites.

Product overview

Sauvegarde26 is a non-profit organization established in 1948 providing comprehensive social services across five core areas: child protection, family support, specialized prevention, social reintegration, and juvenile criminal justice. The organization operates through interconnected service poles offering educational support (SIE, AEMO/AED, AEIP, SAPMF/AEMOH), residential care (CPFS, Villa des Enfants, Villa des Adolescents, LRA, SAGAJM), family mediation services (Maison des Parentalités, Médiation Familiale, Espaces Rencontre, SCOPE), street-based prevention, and judicial placement services (CER, CEF, CHD). The portfolio includes volunteer programs (Partage de Savoirs, Parrainage) and an endowment fund for supporting innovative projects such as the Maison des Petits and Élan Mosaïque.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SIE (Service d'Investigation Éducative) Judicial investigation service that evaluates child endangerment situations and parental capacity for educational difficulties, providing multidisciplinary recommendations to the Juge des Enfants. Assesses 317 minors per year.
• AEMO / AED (Action Éducative en Milieu Ouvert / Aide Éducative à Domicile) Educational support service maintaining minors in their family environment through home-based social work intervention for 6 months to 2 years. Delivered across 6 AEMO teams in Valence, Romans-sur-Isère, Saint-Vallier, Crest, Montélimar, and Nyons, covering 850 minors annually.
• AEIP (Accompagnement Éducatif Intensif et Précoce) Early and intensive educational support service for families with children aged 0–12, featuring proximity, intensity, and collective actions as support for educational relationships.
• SAPMF / AEMOH (Service d'Adaptation Progressive en Milieu Familial / AEMO avec Hébergement) Judicial protection measures focused on maintaining minors in their habitual living environment with intensive family support (43 places) and supplementary child hosting when required.
• Tremplin (Accueil de Jour Éducatif) Daytime educational reception for adolescents aged 12–18 experiencing school disengagement or social/family difficulties, providing individual support within a collective workspace. Capacity: 16 places at 54 rue Roberval, Valence.
• CPFS (Centre de Placement Familial Spécialisé) Specialised foster care service placing children with trained host families, combining educational action with multidisciplinary team support. Operates 50 placements (40 Drôme, 10 other departments).
• Villa des Enfants Residential child care service (MECS) in a small living unit for children aged 6–12 with social or family difficulties. Capacity: 9 children at 7 Rue Lesage, Valence.
• Villa des Adolescents Adolescent reception service (Villa Roberval) with diversified accommodation options, promoting social and professional integration through individual and group projects. Capacity: 13 young people (7 at the villa, 6 in diversified housing).
• LRA (Lieu de Répit et d'Apaisement) Experimental respite service providing a rupture from the young person's living environment with a secure and structuring framework for emotional calming. Capacity: 6 minors + 1 emergency place at 740 Chemin de la Tuilière, Puygiron.
• SAGAJM (Service d'Accompagnement pour Grands Adolescents et Jeunes Majeurs) Educational support service for adolescents and young adults aged 16–20 toward autonomy, ensuring primary needs satisfaction and preventing marginalisation. Capacity: 28 places.
• Maison des Parentalités et des Médiations Resource centre for all families, future parents, parents, and grandparents, promoting parental reflection and action with unconditional and experimental welcoming.
• Médiation Familiale Family mediation service providing listening, exchange, and negotiation in family conflicts, with a qualified family mediator restoring dialogue.
• Espaces Rencontre Neutral meeting place (in Valence and Montélimar) for exercising visitation rights, allowing child-parent visits in difficult situations through judicial decision or voluntary parental request.
• SCOPE (Service de Consultation et d'Orientation Psychologique et Éducative) Psychological investigation and educational orientation service for family courts in difficult and conflicting family situations related to divorce or parental separation, located at 34 Rue du 4 septembre, Valence.
• Prévention Spécialisée Street-based educational support for young people aged 10–21 through presence in public spaces and schools, with principles of confidentiality, anonymity, and free adherence. Multi-person teams covering Montélimar, Pierrelatte, Crest, and the Vallée de la Drôme.
• Placement Extérieur de Personnes Écrouées Sentence adjustment measure allowing incarcerated individuals to prepare social and professional reintegration outside detention over 3–12 months, ordered by the Juge d'application des peines.
• CER (Centre Éducatif Renforcé) Reinforced educational centre in a former farm setting for juvenile delinquents aged 15½–17½ under judicial custody. Capacity: 6 minors. Located in Saint-Paul-lès-Romans.
• CEF (Centre Éducatif Fermé) Closed educational centre as an alternative to incarceration for repeat-offending boys aged 16–18 under judicial custody. Capacity: 12 minors in Valence.
• CHD (Centre d'Hébergement Diversifié) Diversified accommodation centre for judicial-placed adolescents and young adults aged 15–21, focusing on insertion, health, recidivism prevention, and autonomy. Capacity: 9 places.
• Partage de Savoirs et Savoir-Faire Volunteer programme allowing individuals to share skills and knowledge with children and adolescents through tutoring, sports, gardening, cooking, and other activities.
• Parrainage Host family programme opening homes to children or adolescents in danger or difficulty, providing temporary accommodation and attentive presence. Volunteer families receive a daily allowance of €40–€45 per child.
• Fonds de Dotation Enfance Adolescence Famille 26 Endowment fund receiving and managing tax-deductible donations (66% deduction) and legacies to support innovative projects and redistribute income to general-interest organisations aligned with Sauvegarde26's child protection mission.
• Maison des Petits Innovative housing project for children aged 6–12 featuring welcoming bedrooms, therapy pool, sensory room, and family learning apartment. Located in Valence.
• Élan Mosaïque Innovative educational, cultural, and social space at Puygiron featuring mosaic garden, equitherapy, and sensory trail for children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,631 beneficiaries served in 2024 (children, adolescents, young adults, parents)
• +4 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Département de la DrômecoreOthers · 1 September 2025Primary public funder providing 59.8% of the association's €18.369M budget. Funded 'La Maison des Petits' renovation project in Valence. Main institutional commissioning body for child protection services in the Drôme.
• Caisse d'Allocations Familiales de la Drôme (CCAF)coreOthersPrimary funder and institutional partner for the Maison des Parentalités et des Médiations (created 2024), which is supported by the CAF de la Drôme. CAF also supports other family-oriented services.
• Ministère de la JusticecoreOthersState ministry that funds and regulates juvenile justice services (PJJ — Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse). Provides legal framework and partial funding for CEF, CER, CHD, and placement extérieur services.
• MSA (Mutualité Sociale Agricole)minorOthersAgricultural social mutual fund shown as a partner on the Maison des Parentalités. May co-fund social services for rural families in the Drôme territory.
• CAF Ardèche (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales de l'Ardèche)minorOthersFamily allowance fund for Ardèche, referenced in the Maison des Parentalités partner logo section, suggesting some services cross departmental boundaries.
• CIDFF (Centre d'Information sur les Droits des Femmes et des Familles)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWomen's and family rights information centre shown as partner for the Maison des Parentalités, likely collaborating on legal information and gender equality initiatives.
• Fenamef (Fédération Nationale des Établissements d'Enseignement Professionnel et de Formation Continue)minorOthersAppears in the partner section of the Maison des Parentalités; likely involved in professional training and educational insertion for beneficiaries.
• FFER (Fédération Française des Établissements Recevant des Personnes en Difficulté)minorOthersAppears in the partner section; FFPE is a federation representing establishments supporting people in difficulty, providing networking and advocacy support.
• Mécènes et donateurs (private philanthropists and donors)minorOthersPrivate individuals and corporate donors supporting the Maison des Petits project and broader Fond de dotation initiatives. Donations are managed through the Fond de dotation and HelloAsso.
• Agglomération de MontélimarcoreOthersThe inter-municipal authority of Montélimar is the driving force behind the Élan Mosaïque project at Puygiron, working with Puygiron municipality, associations, companies, and residents to create a multi-activity educational, cultural and social space.
• Juge d'application des peinescoreOthersJudicial authority that orders external placement ('placement extérieur') of incarcerated individuals as a sentence adjustment, directly commissioning the service.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Apprentis d'Auteuil: Major French foundation operating residential care, foster care, family support and educational services for at-risk youth nationwide. Highly comparable to Sauvegarde 26's child protection, foster care (CPFS), and educational investigation services, and competes for departmental child-protection mandates across France.
• SOS Villages d'Enfants: French non-profit running village-style residential communities for children in care, plus sibling-based foster care and family support. Closely comparable to Sauvegarde 26's Villa des enfants, Villa des adolescents, CPFS and family mediation services.
• Sauvegarde de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence du Rhône: Sister 'Sauvegarde' departmental association in the Rhône, operating child protection, family support and juvenile justice services under the same association loi 1901 model. Essentially the same mission, service taxonomy (AEMO, MECS, CEF/CER, mediation) and public funding structure in a neighbouring department.
• France Parrainages: National association coordinating parrainage (mentoring and host-family) programs for children in care. Directly comparable to Sauvegarde 26's Parrainage service and CPFS foster family model, with overlapping volunteer-foster-family recruitment and training operations.
• Fondation d'Auteuil (formerly Apprentis d'Auteuil): Reorganized foundation entity continuing Apprentis d'Auteuil's child welfare, education and family insertion work. Operates residential villages, foster care and family support comparable to Sauvegarde 26's full lifecycle service portfolio and competes for the same pool of departmental and state funders.

Broad incumbents

• Fondation de France: Leading French philanthropic foundation operating a child welfare and family support grantmaking programme, including the Modernisation de l'Aide Sociale à l'Enfance initiative. Comparable as a parallel funder and ecosystem player to Sauvegarde 26's own Fonds de dotation, rather than as a direct service competitor.
• Croix-Rouge française: National humanitarian organization operating child protection, family support, social reintegration and emergency accommodation across France. Overlaps with Sauvegarde 26 across multiple service lines but at much greater scale and geographic breadth, and is not specialised in child welfare alone.
• Secours Catholique (Caritas France): National Catholic federation providing family support, youth accompaniment and poverty alleviation across France. Comparable to Sauvegarde 26's family mediation, prevention spécialisée and reintegration work but with a broader poverty-focused mandate and larger geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@sauvegarde26
• Facebookfacebook.com/p/Sauvegarde26-Enfance-et-Adolescence-100083122272917
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sauvegarde-26
• Instagraminstagram.com/sauvegarde26enfanceadolescence

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Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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