Jugendhilfe

Name

Jugendhilfe

Legal name

Auf Kurs – Jugendhilfe gGmbH

Website

https://aufkurs-jugendhilfe.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aufkurs Jugendhilfe is a Hamburg-based non-profit youth welfare provider (gGmbH) founded in 2014, delivering SGB VIII-funded ambulatory and residential care services to youth, families, and unaccompanied minors through government referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Welfare Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Youth welfare services
• Social pedagogical support
• Residential group care
• Family assistance programs
• Child youth welfare

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government-funded youth welfare services: Services are funded through Germany's statutory youth welfare system (SGB VIII). The organization operates as a non-profit (gGmbH) with personnel and operational costs covered by public funding. Revenue comes from government contracts for youth welfare services under various SGB VIII paragraphs (§ 30, § 31, § 34, § 35, § 41).
2. Donations: Additional funding through donations for specific projects such as leisure activities, legal support for unaccompanied minors, and equipment for living spaces.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Aufkurs Jugendhilfe is a Hamburg-based non-profit youth welfare provider delivering ambulatory social-pedagogical family assistance, educational support, youth housing, intensive individual case help, and round-the-clock residential group care to adolescents and families. Services are funded through Germany's statutory SGB VIII framework via referrals from district social services offices, applying a threefold "Dreiklang" methodology of counseling, relationship-building, and education.

Product overview

Aufkurs Jugendhilfe is a Hamburg-based youth welfare organization (Jugendhilfeträger) founded in 2014, offering a comprehensive portfolio of social services for youth and families. The organization provides ambulatory services including Familienhilfe (§ 31 SGB VIII), Erziehungsbeistand (§ 30 SGB VIII), and intensive individual support (§ 35 SGB VIII), as well as residential care through multiple living groups called Kajüte I-IV. Their operational philosophy follows the 'Dreiklang' approach of Beratung (counseling), Beziehung (relationship), and Bildung (education), working experientially, systematically, and resource-oriented.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kajüte I: Round-the-clock residential group home with resilience focus for young people from age 13, located in Wandsbek district, Tonndorf/Jenfeld/Farmsen area.
• Kajüte II

Products and services

• Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe (Familienhilfe) Ambulatory social-pedagogical family assistance under §31 SGB VIII providing intensive in-home counseling and support to help families cope with everyday problems, parenting challenges, and crisis situations.
• Erziehungsbeistand (Betreuungshelfer) Ambulatory social-pedagogical support under §30 SGB VIII for individuals (typically adolescents) to cope with developmental challenges, including involvement of the social environment.
• Jugendwohnungen Youth housing under §30 SGB VIII focusing on independence preparation, including support with official procedures, household management, finances, and apartment search.
• Sozialpädagogische Einzelfallhilfe (Intensive Einzelbetreuung) Intensive social-pedagogical individual support under §35 SGB VIII for youth requiring intensive assistance for social integration and independent living.
• KAJÜTE I – Wohngruppe Round-the-clock supervised residential group home for young people aged 13+ focused on resilience, located in Hamburg Wandsbek (Tonndorf/Jenfeld/Farmsen), with an independence WG and FLINTA protection space.
• KAJÜTE II – Wohngruppe Round-the-clock supervised residential group home for young people aged 11+ in Hamburg Wandsbek (Tonndorf), offering focus areas including 'Sicherer Ort', 'Queersensible Arbeit', 'Seegang' and 'Gewalt-Nicht bei & mit UNS'.
• Ankerplätze (Contact Points) Contact and service access locations across Hamburg including Wilhelmsburg, Bramfeld, Rahlstedt, Langenhorn, and Tonndorf for service intake and local program delivery.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• STREIT GmbHsupportingOthersSTREIT GmbH serves as the organization's data protection officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter). Contact: Lahnstr. 27, 29646 Bensheim, Germany. Email: [email protected].

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AWO Bundesverband: Major German welfare confederation with significant youth welfare (Jugendhilfe) operations, including residential group homes and family support under SGB VIII. Comparable population and statutory funding, but a national federated incumbent.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Germany's largest Protestant welfare confederation, operating Jugendhilfe services (residential, ambulatory, family support) under SGB VIII through regional member organizations. Same statutory framework and population, but at federation scale with a wider service portfolio.
• Caritas Deutschland: Germany's largest Catholic welfare confederation, with an extensive youth welfare (Jugendhilfe) division offering residential care, family assistance, and unaccompanied minor services under SGB VIII. Overlaps in service offering but operates as a federated national incumbent rather than a single Hamburg-focused Träger.

Direct peers

• SOS-Kinderdörfer (SOS Children's Villages Germany): Major German Jugendhilfeträger operating residential group homes, family assistance, and unaccompanied minor programs under SGB VIII. Same statutory funding framework, same target population (children, youth, families in crisis), same operating model of multi-site residential and ambulatory care.
• Internationaler Bund (IB): Large independent German Träger operating SGB VIII youth welfare, family support, residential care, and unaccompanied minor programs nationwide. Closest peer in terms of independent (non-confessional), multi-service SGB VIII delivery model.
• Outlaw gGmbH: Independent, non-confessional Jugendhilfeträger operating residential groups, family assistance, and educational support under SGB VIII across multiple German states. Comparable in operating model and independent gGmbH structure.

Others

• Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendschutz: German national umbrella association for child and youth protection. Adjacent ecosystem participant that shapes SGB VIII policy and convenes Träger such as Aufkurs; included for context on the regulatory and policy environment in which the company operates.

Peers

• Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur gGmbH: Berlin-based independent non-profit operating social, educational, and youth welfare services including SGB VIII programs. Comparable in independent gGmbH Träger structure and multi-site delivery model, but regionally focused on Berlin rather than Hamburg.

Emerging players

• Stiftung Children for Tomorrow: Hamburg-based non-profit foundation supporting children and families affected by war, conflict, and flight. Operates in the same Hamburg market and serves a partially overlapping unaccompanied minor and trauma-affected youth segment, though primarily via clinical/therapeutic services rather than SGB VIII residential care.

Regional players

• Evangelische Jugendhilfe Hephata: Regional Protestant Träger in North Rhine-Westphalia offering residential youth welfare, family assistance, and educational support under SGB VIII. Highly comparable service portfolio and SGB VIII funding model, but operating in a different region than Hamburg.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/aufkursjugendhilfe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/auf-kurs-jugendhilfe

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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