Udaf de la Nièvre

What Udaf de la Nièvre does

Udaf de la Nièvre (Union Départementale des Associations Familiales de la Nièvre, UDAF 58) is a French non-profit association founded under the law of 1901 and recognized as an organization of public utility. It is the official departmental representative of all families in the Nièvre department, a mandate defined by the Code de l'action sociale et des familles that no other entity can perform. The organization operates as part of the national UNAF-UDAF-URAF federation, coordinating a network of 25-26 affiliated family associations and serving approximately 2,431 persons and 2,162 member families annually.

The organization's service portfolio is built around human-delivered social, legal, and financial support for families and vulnerable individuals. Core offerings include judicial protection measures for adults (Protection juridique des majeurs), judicial budget management support (MJAGBF), personalized social accompaniment (MASP), budget counseling (Point conseil budget), guaranteed personal microcredit, parental support services, digital parenting education, and the secretariat for the Childhood and Family Medal. Underlying technology is a standard WordPress CMS with Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, and Complianz cookie management — no proprietary software, AI, or platform infrastructure is built. The Pôle Interassociatif provides shared physical resources for affiliated associations.

The business model is non-commercial: services are funded through public mandates, government grants, and institutional partnerships, and delivered free of charge to beneficiaries. Revenue derives from court-ordered judicial protection measures and departmental social service contracts rather than fees or subscriptions. There is no venture capital, private equity, or corporate parent; the organization is governed by its member associations and operates as a single-department entity headquartered at 47 boulevard du Pré Plantin, Nevers, with a workforce of 50-250 employees.

Name

Udaf de la Nièvre

Legal name

Union Départementale des Associations Familiales de la Nièvre

Website

https://udaf58.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Udaf de la Nièvre (UDAF 58) is a French public-utility non-profit and the official departmental representative of families in the Nièvre department. It delivers free judicial protection, budget counseling, microcredit, and parental support services to vulnerable families, funded by government grants and public mandates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nevers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and government grants: As a recognized public utility association (reconnue d'utilité publique), UDAF 58 receives public funding and operates within the framework of government-mandated social missions, including legal protection services for adults (Mesure judiciaire d'aide à la gestion du budget familial, Protection juridique des majeurs). Revenue is derived from public mandates and institutional partnerships rather than commercial sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Udaf de la Nièvre (UDAF 58) is a public utility association that provides social, legal, and financial support services to families and vulnerable individuals in the Nièvre department of France. Its core offerings include judicial protection measures for vulnerable adults (Protection juridique des majeurs), family budget management services (Mesure judiciaire d'aide à la gestion du budget familial), personalized social accompaniment (MASP), budget counseling, guaranteed personal microcredit, and parental support including digital parenting resources. Services are delivered free to beneficiaries through public social service mandates and institutional frameworks.

Product overview

Udaf de la Nièvre operates as a unified service platform offering social, legal, and financial support services to families and vulnerable individuals in the Nièvre department. Rather than a software platform with modules, the organization provides a portfolio of interconnected human-delivered services centered on family protection, budget management, and parental support. Core offerings include judicial measures for adult protection (Protection juridique des majeurs, MJAGBF), personalized social accompaniment (MASP), budget counseling (Point conseil budget), guaranteed microcredit, and parenting support including digital parenting resources. The services work together to address the full spectrum of family vulnerabilities, from financial difficulties to legal protection needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Protection juridique des majeurs (Legal protection of adults)
• Mesure judiciaire d'aide à la gestion du budget familial (Judicial family budget management measure)
• Mesure d'accompagnement social personnalisé (MASP)
• Information et soutien aux tuteurs familiaux (Information and support for family guardians)
• Point conseil budget (Budget advice center)
• Microcrédit personnel garanti (Guaranteed personal microcredit)
• Questions de parents (Parenting questions support)
• Soutien à la parentalité numérique (Digital parenting support)
• Secrétariat de la Médaille de l'enfance et des familles (Secretariat for the Childhood and Families Medal)

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,431 people supported by services in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UNAF (Union nationale des associations familiales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational parent federation of the family association network. UDAF 58 is part of the UNAF-UDAF-URAF chain, which defines its institutional mandate and provides coordination, shared resources, and representation at national level.
• Public authorities (Pouvoirs publics)coreOthersUDAF operates under government mandate (Code de l'action sociale et des familles) as the official representative of families of the Nièvre department. Services include court-ordered judicial protection measures (MJAGBF, PJM) and public social support functions.
• Affiliated family associations (25 associations)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor25 family associations affiliated with UDAF 58, including Association Familiale Catholique de la Nièvre, Fédération ADMR de la Nièvre, Association Familiale de Decize, and Association Familiale Nivernaise. A 26th association joined in April 2026. Associations benefit from the UDAF network, inter-association pole (Pôle Interassociatif), and shared advocacy representation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fédération ADMR: National federation of home-help and family support associations; operates a closely analogous network of local associations delivering personal services to vulnerable populations, and one of its local federations (Fédération ADMR de la Nièvre) is itself a UDAF 58 member.
• UDAF du Rhône (UDAF 69): Departamental family association with the identical public-utility mandate under the Code de l'action sociale et des familles; directly comparable in service mix and member-association federation model.
• Familles Rurales (Fédération nationale): Federation of family associations focused on rural France; comparable in being a member-association network serving families at département level with a mix of advocacy and direct service activities.
• UNAF (Union Nationale des Associations Familiales): National federation of family associations; UDAF 58 is a constituent member and UNAF executes the same family representation mandate at the national level, making it the closest structural and functional peer.
• UDAF de Paris (UDAF 75): Another departmental UDAF with the same statutory mandate, service portfolio (judicial protection, microcredit, budget counseling, parental support) and governance model, operating in a single department.

Broad incumbents

• Secours Catholique-Caritas France: Major French non-profit providing family and poverty-focused social aid at national scale; overlaps with UDAF 58 on budget counseling and vulnerability support but lacks the statutory family-representation mandate.
• Croix-Rouge française: Largest French humanitarian non-profit; offers an overlapping but much broader social-services portfolio (vulnerability support, family aid, emergency assistance) without specializing in the family-representation mandate that defines UDAF 58.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/udaf58
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/udaf-58

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Investors

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Investments

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