What APAJH du Tarn does

APAJH du Tarn (Association Pour Adultes et Jeunes Handicapés du Tarn) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1972, headquartered in Albi, that manages a comprehensive portfolio of medico-social establishments and services for persons with disabilities, dependent persons, and adults under judicial protection across the Tarn department (Occitanie region). The organization operates approximately 16 coordinated services organized into three primary pôles: (1) Pôle Enfance et Scolarité / Expertise Autisme (IME de Lostanges, SESSAD, EMAS, UEMA, PCPE) for children and adolescents aged 3-20, including specialized autism expertise; (2) Pôle Adulte covering vocational integration (ESAT Valérie Bonafé), polyhandicap and dependency care (MAS Lucie Nouet, EAMM La Planésié, Accueil de Jour Dame Guiraude), and housing/social life (Résidences Solidaires, Résidences Seniors, SAMSAH, SAVS); (3) Pôle Protection et Entraide (EPAS, GEM Horizons 81).

The association operates as a publicly-authorized and tariffed medico-social operator, with core funding derived from government dotations under the French tarification framework, supplemented by membership contributions (cotisations adhérents), corporate sponsorship/mécénat (including apprenticeship tax directed to ESAT), and donations. Service access is regulated through official channels including MDPH (Maison Départementale des Personnes Handicapées) orientations and judicial referrals. A centralized headquarters in Albi provides shared management functions (legal, HR, training, accounting/payroll, financial, real estate, information systems, quality management). Leadership is volunteer-driven via a Board of Directors (Bureau) elected at the General Assembly.

Strategic positioning combines a 'militant and managerial' dual identity—advocating for disability rights while professionally operating service establishments. With 50+ years of continuous operation, 101-250 employees, and a workforce of 222+ employees and ESAT workers trained on workplace issues since 2023, APAJH du Tarn maintains deep local roots and benefits from affiliation with the national APAJH Federation. The organization's IT infrastructure is described as a medico-social service management system with integrated quality approach, focused on operational administration rather than advanced technology differentiation.

Name

APAJH du Tarn

Legal name

APAJH du Tarn (Association Pour Adultes et Jeunes Handicapés du Tarn)

Website

https://apajh81.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

APAJH du Tarn is a French non-profit association founded in 1972 that operates a comprehensive portfolio of publicly-funded medico-social establishments and services for persons with disabilities, dependent persons, and protected adults across the Tarn department, spanning childhood through senior care.

Ownership category

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Product category

Disability and Medico-Social Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities (6232), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable / Low-Income Assisted Living (Medicaid Waiver Focused) (HLADABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Personal Care & ADL Assistance (bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility) (HLADAGAA)

Keywords

• Medico-social services
• Disability care
• Sheltered employment
• Special education
• Residential care

Headquarters

HQ city

Rivières

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding (Dotation Globale): The association manages public funds allocated by governmental authorities (tarification) for operating medico-social establishments and services. This represents the core funding mechanism for the organization's operations.
2. Membership contributions (Cotisations Adhérents): Parents, friends, professionals, and persons with disabilities become members of the association by paying annual dues. Membership supports the militant and associative character of the organization.
3. Corporate sponsorship and donations (Mécénat): Companies support the association through financial donations, apprenticeship tax contributions, and material aid. Companies benefit from tax advantages while supporting training and employment of persons with disabilities.
4. Apprenticeship Tax (Taxe d'Apprentissage): Companies can direct their apprenticeship tax to the ESAT Valérie Bonafé, contributing to the professionalization of workers with disabilities.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

APAJH du Tarn is a non-profit association that manages publicly-funded medico-social establishments and services for persons with disabilities, dependent elderly, and protected adults in the Tarn department, France. Its portfolio spans medical-educational institutes for children, sheltered employment for adults, specialized and medicalized residential homes, home-based support services, social accompaniment, guardianship protection, mutual aid groups, and supportive housing, all coordinated through a centralized headquarters in Albi.

Product overview

APAJH du Tarn is a non-profit association (created in 1972) managing a comprehensive portfolio of medical-social establishments and services for people with disabilities, elderly people, and those with social difficulties. The organization operates a multi-service architecture centered on: (1) Child/Adolescent services including IME, SESSAD, EMAS, UEMA, and PCPE; (2) Adult services including ESAT (sheltered employment), specialized residential homes (MAS, EAMM), day care centers, and supportive housing; (3) Protection and mutual aid services including EPAS, GEM, and solidarity residences. The association also includes a dedicated adaptive sports association (ON EST CAP'81) and a centralized headquarters providing shared management functions. All services are coordinated through the association's offices in Albi.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IME de Lostanges (Institut Médico-Éducatif) Medical-educational institute providing care for children, adolescents, and young adults aged 3-20 with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorders, operating 44 places (25 for mental retardation, 23 for autism) with 4 residential places at La Planésié in Castres. Located on a 7-hectare site in Naves.
• SESSAD (Service d'Éducation Spécialisée et de Soins à Domicile) Specialized education and home care service supporting children and adolescents with disabilities in their daily environment (home and mainstream settings).
• EMAS (Équipe Mobile d'Appui à la Scolarisation) Mobile team providing support for schooling children with disabilities in mainstream educational settings.
• UEMA (Unité d'Enseignement Maternelle Autisme) Preschool autism unit integrated into ordinary nursery schools for early intervention.
• PCPE (Pôle de Compétences et de Prestations Externalisées) Competency and external services center providing specialized support and resources.
• ESAT Valérie Bonafé (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail) Sheltered employment and service establishment providing vocational training and employment for people with disabilities, located at Les Fournials in Montredon-Labessonnié. Includes a culinary production unit serving school canteens.
• MAS Lucie Nouet (Maison d'Accueil Spécialisée) Specialized residential care home for adults with severe disabilities, located in Saint-Sulpice.
• EAM La Planésié (Établissement d'Accueil Médicalisé) Medicalized establishment providing residential care for adults with disabilities, located in Castres.
• Accueil de Jour Dame Guiraude Day care center providing daytime support services for dependent elderly and adults with disabilities, located in Saint-Sulpice.
• SAMSAH (Service d'Accompagnement Médico-Social pour Adultes Handicapés) Medical-social accompaniment service for adults with disabilities, supporting independent living in the community.
• SAVS (Service d'Accompagnement à la Vie Sociale) Service supporting social integration and daily living for adults with disabilities.
• EPAS (Établissement de Protection et d'Accompagnement Social) Protection and social accompaniment establishment for adults under judicial protection measures (guardianship, curatorship), referred by guardianship judges. Includes mandate holder services.
• GEM Horizons 81 (Groupe d'Entraide Mutuelle) Mutual aid group providing peer support for people facing similar challenges related to disability or social difficulties.
• Résidences Solidaires / Résidences Seniors Supported housing residences in Graulhet, Mirandol-Bourgnounac, and Blaye promoting social inclusion, mutual aid, and adapted living spaces for seniors and persons with disabilities.
• Établissements d'Accueil Non Médicalisé Non-medicalized reception facilities for adults with disabilities.
• ON EST CAP'81 Adapted sports association created in March 2024 to organize and develop adaptive sports activities for persons accompanied by APAJH du Tarn, providing the legal framework for membership in the French Federation of Adapted Sport (FFSA) and participation in departmental adapted sports events.
• Expertise Autisme (CRA - Centre de Ressources Autisme) Resource center providing specialized autism expertise, training, and consultation to support the autism-specific services (UEMA, IME autism places) and broader autism sector in the territory.

Quantifiable outcome

• 84/100 professional equality index (2023), improving from 82/100 in 2020
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ON EST CAP'81coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Partnership convention signed with ON EST CAP'81 for collaboration on adapted sports. Joint hiking event held March 3, 2026 with ~50 participants. Partnership aims to favor inclusion in sports activities, enable participation in FFSA events, and facilitate license acquisition for accompanied persons.
• ON EST CAP'81coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024Association created in March 2024 at the initiative of APAJH du Tarn administrators to organize and develop adapted sports activities for persons accompanied by the association. ON EST CAP'81 provides the legal framework for membership in the French Federation of Adapted Sport (FFSA) and participation in departmental adapted sports committee events.
• Café PlùmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective interest cooperative (SCIC) with ESUS (Social Utility Enterprise) status. Operates Cantine project allowing SADLIS residents to participate monthly in meal preparation and service. Partnership promotes social inclusion through restaurant professions.
• Coop-emploiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit temporary work cooperative created by medico-social and health associations. Partnership addresses recruitment difficulties by facilitating international placements (e.g., Tunisian healthcare workers) for APAJH du Tarn establishments.
• RPI Ségaviaur / AnsambleminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership with school catering service for nutritional education activities. ESAT Valérie Bonafé chef works with children in Tanus and Pampelonne school canteens on international cuisine themes.
• Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux (LPO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for LPO bird sanctuary at IME Lostanges. Inaugurated September 4, 2019 with LPO President Allain Bougrain-Dubourg. 7-hectare site used as pedagogical tool for biodiversity education.
• Castres OlympiqueminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRugby club players volunteer for visits to IME Lostanges, conducting playful workshops with children and adolescents, creating moments of exchange and sharing.
• Lycée TouscayratsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural high school partnership for Equi-Handi activities, allowing IME children to ride horses with supervised students. Visit by 1st year SAPAT class to IME Lostanges.
• Groupe Polyhandicap FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAS Lucie Nouet member of this professional network organizing annual study days for Midi-Pyrénées territory on polyhandicap topics.
• Ville de LavaurminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity organized 2nd Handi-Sensible week in May 2019, with IME Lostanges groups participating in school inclusion activities.
• OPCO SantéminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHealth skills operator providing digital training support to APAJH du Tarn employees and ESAT workers.
• Association Torchons et ServiettesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation working for social inclusion through restaurant professions at L'EMBUSCADE in Lautrec. Hosts internship placements for persons with disabilities from IME Lostanges.
• SodexominorGTM or Marketing PartnerSodexo regional pastry competition winner (March 2025, Bordeaux). ESAT Valérie Bonafé team 'Papilles et Partage' won 1st place with Cassì Mango cake. Qualified for national final at Disneyland Paris.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sésame Autisme: Federation of associations specialized in autism services across France, including housing, education and ESAT provision. Comparable where APAJH du Tarn's autism expertise (UEMA, CRA, IME autism places) overlaps, though focused on a narrower diagnosis.

Broad incumbents

• APF France Handicap: Major national association providing services and advocacy for people with physical disabilities, including residential, day, and home-based support. Comparable service philosophy and loi 1901 model to APAJH du Tarn, although serving a different disability population.
• Fondation John Bost: Large French medico-social foundation operating residential facilities, ESATs, and care services nationwide for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Comparable in operating a multi-establishment medico-social portfolio under social-purpose governance.
• Croix-Rouge Française (Occitanie): Major health and social services operator with medico-social establishments and home-based services in the same region. Comparable diversified service portfolio and publicly-funded operating model, at significantly larger scale.
• UNAPEI (Fédération nationale): National federation of associations (including ADAPEI organizations) supporting people with intellectual disabilities and their families across France. Comparable at the federation/network level to APAJH du Tarn's federation ties, with overlapping service categories and advocacy remit.
• APAJH (Fédération nationale): National federation to which APAJH du Tarn belongs; coordinates departmental APAJH associations and runs national programs such as Service Accompagnement-Loisirs. Operates broadly in the same medico-social space as APAJH du Tarn but at national scale.

Others

• Intégrance (Fonds Handicap & Société): Foundation that has funded APAJH du Tarn's adapted sports projects. Comparable as a disability-focused social-purpose investor/fundraising entity supporting projects similar to those APAJH runs, but functioning as a funder rather than operator.
• Coop-emploi (Coopérative d'Emploi Médico-Social): Medico-social non-profit temporary work cooperative used by APAJH du Tarn for recruitment (e.g., international placements). Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, but operates in the same medico-social employment space.

Regional players

• Adapei 65 (Hautes-Pyrénées): Comparable departmental association running IME, Foyers, ESAT, and SAVS services in an adjacent Occitanie department. Same model, mission and revenue mix as APAJH du Tarn but anchored in a different territory.

Direct peers

• ADAPEI du Tarn: Association operating in the same Tarn department providing medico-social services (IME, MAS, Foyers, SAVS) to people with intellectual disabilities. Directly comparable in geography, service scope, and loi 1901 non-profit structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries16 records

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