Sauvegarde42

What Sauvegarde42 does

Sauvegarde42 is a French non-profit social welfare association (association loi 1901, classified as ESSMS — Établissement et Service Social et Médico-Social) headquartered in Saint-Étienne and operating across the Loire department. Founded in 1935 and celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2025, the organization delivers child protection, youth support, and family services through a network of establishments and programs: MECS Bel Air and MECS Machizaud (Maisons d'Enfants à Caractère Social) for residential care, SEMO (Service Éducatif en Milieu Ouvert) locations in Ondaine and Montbrison for open-environment educational follow-up, the Espace Jeunesse Montreynaud youth space for 14-25 year-olds, and specialized prevention teams operating across multiple municipalities.

The organization is structured into three operational poles: PPES (Placement Pole in Social Children's Homes), PPSHD (Specific Placements and Diversified Accommodation), and PAEP (Educational and Parental Action Loire Sud). Its service portfolio covers residential placement, open-environment social action, specialized prevention, parental support (including the Soutien à la Parentalité 0-3 ans program), and integration services for unaccompanied minor refugees. The underlying "technology" is fundamentally human-delivered social and educational practice, supported by standard digital infrastructure (website, social channels, email newsletter).

Sauvegarde42 does not sell products commercially. Its revenue is funded primarily through a CPOM (Contrat Pluriannuel d'Objectifs et de Moyens) signed with the Département de la Loire for 2022-2027, supplemented by project-specific subsidies from the Ville de Saint-Étienne, Caf-Allocations familiales, and donations from partner associations. With approximately 350 employees, the organization is governed by a Board of Directors under the standard French associative model, employing both salaried professionals and volunteer administrators.

Name

Sauvegarde42

Legal name

Sauvegarde42

Website

https://sauvegarde42.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Sauvegarde42 is a French non-profit social welfare association founded in 1935, providing child protection, family support, and youth services across the Loire department through government-funded residential, open-environment, and prevention programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services / Child Welfare

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Child protection services
• Social welfare association
• Family support programs
• Residential youth care
• Educational prevention services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Etienne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding (CPOM): Operating as a social welfare association (ESSMS), Sauvegarde42 receives government funding through CPOM (Contrat Pluriannuel d'Objectifs et de Moyens) contracts with the Loire Department, providing recurring operational funding for child protection and social services.
2. Donations and Partnership Funding: The organization receives donations from partners and participates in subsidized projects funded by public institutions such as Ville de Saint-Étienne and Caf-Allocations familiales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sauvegarde42 is a non-profit social welfare association (ESSMS) providing child protection, youth support, and family services across the Loire department of France. It operates residential children's homes (MECS Bel Air, MECS Machizaud), open-environment education services (SEMO Ondaine, SEMO Montbrison), specialized prevention teams, the Espace Jeunesse Montreynaud, the Alternative service, and parental support programs such as Soutien à la Parentalité 0-3 ans, all delivered under a CPOM contract with the Loire Department.

Product overview

Sauvegarde42 is a social services association (ESSMS - Établissement et Service Social et Médico-Social) operating in the Loire department of France, providing child welfare, youth support, and family services. The organization operates multiple facilities and services including MECS (Maisons d'Enfants à Caractère Social) such as MECS Bel Air and MECS Machizaud, SEMO (Service Éducatif en Milieu Ouvert) locations in Ondaine and Montbrison, Prevention Specialisee teams, youth spaces (Espace Jeunesse Montreynaud), Alternative services, and various specialized educational and parental support programs. The organization celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2025 and organizes annual associative days focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility (RSO). Sauvegarde42 functions as a charitable social welfare organization rather than a technology product company, with its core activities centered on supporting children, adolescents, and families through residential care, educational monitoring, specialized prevention, and community-based services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MECS Bel Air: Children's home providing accommodation and educational services for adolescents
• MECS de Machizaud
• SEMO (Service d'Education en Milieu Ouvert)
• Espace Jeunesse Montreynaud
• Prevention Specialisee
• Pole Placement en MECS (PPES)
• Pole Placements Specifiques Hebergements Diversifies (PPSHD)
• Pole Action Educative et Parentale Loire Sud (PAEP)

Products and services

• MECS Bel Air

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Association EurecahcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2025Partnership with Association Eurecah for joint events and youth support activities. Young people from Eurecah participated in food preparation and service during association days, working alongside Sauvegarde42 teams.
• FESTYVOCALcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2025Collaboration with FESTYVOCAL for musical and cultural projects. The SEMO de l'Ondaine performed on stage with FESTYVOCAL at the église le Corbusier as part of a cultural education initiative, enabling youth to participate in the fourth biennial international contemporary vocal music festival.
• Ville d'Andrézieux-BouthéoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2025The municipality provides venue support for association events. Nearly 350 employees, administrators, and volunteers gathered in Ville d'Andrézieux-Bouthéon for RSO (Responsabilité Sociétale des Organisations) themed association days.
• Ville de Saint-ÉtiennecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Subsidies from Ville de Saint-Étienne support the MO-ZIK (Montreynaud Musique) project, facilitating youth access to artistic creation and music education at the Espace Jeunesse Montreynaud.
• Caf-Allocations familialescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Subsidies from Caf-Allocations familiales support the MO-ZIK project and youth programs at Espace Jeunesse Montreynaud, enabling artistic activities and recording studio installation.
• Département de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2022Signed new CPOM (Contrat Pluriannuel d'Objectifs et de Moyens) with the Loire Department for 2022-2027, establishing multi-year funding and objectives for social services.
• Mon Rêve, Mon EspoirminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation that donated over 200 games and toys to children at MECS Machizaud, bringing gifts and moments of joy to children in care.
• Lycée Saint MichelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership allowing BTS Diététique student Alexia Charrier to do internship, leading to healthy eating workshops at Alternative service.
• EM Lyon Business SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudents organized a humanitarian action enabling young minor refugees from Sauvegarde42 to attend an ASSE football match at Stade Geoffroy Guichard.
• Saint Etienne MétropolecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on educational work projects for preparing Stade Geoffroy Guichard for the Rugby World Cup, involving prevention teams and youth in community service.
• SAMU de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partnership for intervention during seminars and ongoing health promotion initiatives for public health within Sauvegarde42.
• PJJ (Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing institutional partnership with the judicial youth protection service for EURÉCAH and open environment services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Apprentis d'Auteuil: Major national French foundation providing child protection, family support, education, and youth integration across many regions. Overlaps heavily with Sauvegarde42's service portfolio but at significantly greater national scale and a broader institutional footprint.
• Croix-Rouge française: Largest French humanitarian organization operating across social, health, and child welfare domains. Overlaps with Sauvegarde42 in family support, youth services, and emergency relief, and competes for the same departmental and municipal contracts at greater scale.
• PEP (Pupilles de l'Enseignement Public / Fédération Générale des PEP): National federation operating social and educational establishments for vulnerable children and youth, including medico-social services. Comparable ESSMS funding model and child/youth protection mandate, with national reach that overlaps regional associations like Sauvegarde42.

Direct peers

• ADSEA national network (Associations Départementales pour la Sauvegarde de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence): Federation of departmental child-protection associations across France providing MECS, prevention, and open-environment services. Sauvegarde42 effectively functions as the Loire ADSEA equivalent; ADSEA shares the same departmental-CPOM funding model and service mix.
• ARSEAA (Association Régionale pour la Sauvegarde de l'Enfant, de l'Adolescent et de l'Adulte): Regional French association (Occitanie) with near-identical naming convention and operating model — child protection, MECS, open-environment services, and adult support under CPOM-style contracts. Closest structural analog to Sauvegarde42 outside Loire.
• Fondation Action Enfance: French foundation operating MECS-style residential villages and child protection services nationally. Highly comparable operating model — residential care, educational support, and family services — and similar reliance on French departmental contracts.
• SOS Villages d'Enfants France: French arm of SOS Children's Villages operating alternative care villages and family-based child protection. Comparable model of residential care for children in protection, supported by public funding and donations, serving similar youth populations.

Emerging players

• France Terre d'Asile: National association specializing in refugee and unaccompanied minor (MNA) reception and integration. Directly comparable on Sauvegarde42's MNA service line and could compete for the same departmental MNA mandates in Loire.
• France Parrainages: National association organizing sponsorship and support for children in care, with overlapping but more focused scope (sponsorship vs. residential care). Comparable target population and complementary service model that could be a partner or partial competitor.

Regional players

• Association Eurecah: Loire-based association partnering with Sauvegarde42 on joint youth events. Operates in overlapping geography and serves partially overlapping youth populations, representing a regional peer with potential overlap on prevention and open-environment mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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