What SPReNe does

Ensemble pour l'enfant - Association SPReNe is a French non-profit child protection association founded in 1895 in Marcq-en-Baroeul, Hauts-de-France. Recognized as an établissement d'utilité publique since 2 July 1923, SPReNe operates under French association law (Loi 1901) and delivers child protection services through judicial and administrative mandates across four territorial establishments (Lille, Roubaix-Tourcoing, Flandre, Côte d'Opale), comprising approximately 40 services and nearly 400 salaried employees. The association accompanies more than 2,000 children and adolescents in danger annually, serving populations including children at risk, families requiring parenting support, unaccompanied foreign minors (MNA), juveniles under penal measures, and young adults aging out of child protection (17-25 years).

Service offerings span the full child protection spectrum: collective residential care, semi-autonomy and apartment housing, day care, family-based foster care, reinforced educational centers (CER), emergency reception, and home-based interventions (AEMO, IEADR, DARF, MJIE), plus penal reparation programs. Named facilities include Lilamômes, Lilados, Maison d'Enfants du Capreau, and Le Val. The association is not a technology company; it operates a human-delivered social services model with no proprietary software platform or technology stack.

The business model is fundamentally a managed-services contract structure with the French state: primary revenue flows from departmental councils (ASE funding, principally Département du Nord and Pas-de-Calais) and judicial allocations, negotiated annually through agreements with public authorities. No fees are charged to children, families, or public authorities for services rendered. Supplementary revenue includes tax-deductible individual donations (66% deduction under French law), legacies, private foundation grants, and the French taxe d'apprentissage. Customer relationships are exclusively institutional — Département du Nord, Juges des Enfants (Children's Judges), and departmental social services — with no commercial sales motion.

Name

SPReNe

Legal name

Ensemble pour l'enfant - Association SPReNe

Website

https://sprene.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1895

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

SPReNe is a non-profit child protection association founded in 1895 in Hauts-de-France, France. It operates 40 services across 4 territories with approximately 400 employees, serving over 2,000 children and adolescents in danger annually through public mandates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Protection Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Individual and Family Services (6241), Child Care Services (62441)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Child protection services
• Social services
• Youth residential care
• Family-based care
• Educational support

Headquarters

HQ city

Marcq-en-baroeul

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding (Aide sociale à l'enfance): The association's primary revenue comes from public financing agreements with departmental councils (conseils départementaux) for child protection measures, as well as judicial allocations for measures ordered by magistrates. Funding is negotiated annually through agreements with public authorities.
2. Donations and charitable contributions: Individual donors can make tax-deductible donations to the association. Donations are eligible for 66% tax deduction in France. The association also receives donations, legacies, and grants from private foundations.
3. Taxe d'apprentissage: The association is habilitated to receive the French apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage) from companies, which funds vocational training and educational equipment for the association's services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SPReNe is a non-profit child protection association that delivers a full spectrum of social services to children and adolescents in danger (aged 0–18, and up to 21 for young adults) and their families across the Hauts-de-France region of France. Its offerings cover collective residential accommodation, semi-autonomy and apartment housing, family-based (foster) care, day care, emergency reception, home-based educational interventions (AEMO/IEADR/DARF), reinforced educational centers (CER), judicial investigation measures (MJIE), criminal reparation programs, support for unaccompanied foreign minors, and post-care transition support (Etayage). Services are commissioned by departmental councils and children's judges under French child welfare law.

Product overview

SPReNe (Ensemble pour l'enfant - Association SPReNe) is a non-profit child protection association operating since 1895. It is NOT a technology company but a social services organization offering a diversified portfolio of residential care, educational support, and family intervention services across 4 territories in the Hauts-de-France region. The organization provides approximately 40 services including collective accommodation, semi-autonomy housing, day care, family-based care, educational reinforcement centers, emergency reception, and home-based interventions (AEMO). Services are organized into four territorial establishments: Lille, Roubaix-Tourcoing, Flandre, and Côte d'Opale, each offering different combinations of these core service modules. Named facilities include Lilamômes, Lilados, Maison du Capreau, Le Val, and various specialized services like Aster (volunteer family support), Etayage (youth transition support), and MNA support for unaccompanied minors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Collective Accommodation (Accueil collectif) Residential care providing 24/7 support for children and adolescents in difficulty, allowing them to develop through shared daily experiences and secure adult relationships. Delivered through designated facilities such as Lilamômes, Maison d'Enfants du Capreau, and Le Val.
• Semi-Autonomy Accommodation (Accueil en semi-autonomie) Transitional housing for adolescents approaching adulthood, offering experience of independence with proximity support from educational teams.
• Apartment Housing (Accueil en appartement) Independent living support for young adults under 21, providing individual accompaniment while maintaining strong collective moments.
• Day Care (Accueil de jour) Daytime support through valorizing and socializing activities (often professionalizing), while mobilizing and supporting families in parenting functions.
• Family-Based Care (Accueil familial / SAFA) Placement with foster families for children lacking sufficiently structuring affective bonds, providing sustained attention in a protective context.
• Educational Reinforcement Center (Centre Educatif Renforcé - CER) Penal framework accommodation as an alternative to incarceration, creating a rupture in the minor's living conditions to prepare reintegration.
• Emergency Accommodation (Accueil en urgence) Immediate protection response when a child cannot remain in their family environment due to danger, including assessment of their situation.
• ASTER - Support for Volunteer Host Families Durable placement of children with volunteer families, accompanied by the service, providing a reassuring framework for healthy development.
• Etayage - Support for Young People Exiting Care Post-care listening and socio-professional integration support service for young people aged 17 to 25 who have left SPReNe establishments or ASE child protection services.
• MNA Support - Unaccompanied Minors Shelter, evaluation, reception, and accompaniment of unaccompanied foreign minors (MNA) within a cooperation group (GCSMS TRAJET) to develop autonomy.
• AEMO - Educational Action in Open Environment Home-based intervention to restore parents' educational role and enable children to reconnect with family and neighborhood environment.
• Reinforced Home Intervention (IEAD/AEMOR) Supported accompaniment at home within reinforced IEAD or AEMO measures, including outside business hours.
• DARF - Return to Family Accompaniment Accompaniment that, despite placement decisions, maintains the child in their family through supported, multidisciplinary home intervention.
• MJIE - Judicial Investigation Measure Pluridisciplinary investigation measure decided by a magistrate for family situation analysis to inform child judges' decisions.
• Criminal Reparation
• Lilamômes (Lille territory) Collective accommodation service for children aged 6–18 (with sibling welcome) providing 16 places including 2 emergency places, based in Marcq-en-Baroeul.
• Lilados (Lille territory) Collective and semi-autonomy housing for young people aged 15–18, offering 12 collective places, 8 studio places on site, and 10 apartment places in the metropolis. Located at 100 rue du Lazaro.
• Maison d'Enfants du Capreau (Roubaix-Tourcoing territory) Children's home welcoming, housing, and daily accompanying 57 children and adolescents aged 3–18, with special focus on keeping sibling bonds.
• Le Val (Flandre territory) Diversified housing device with 14 collective places (including 2 emergency) and 8 semi-autonomy places for children and adolescents aged 12–18.
• SPReNe Côte d'Opale (Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Saint-Omer, Le Touquet) Internship and semi-autonomy establishment including emergency reception, open-environment interventions, investigations, and day care for children and adolescents aged 0–18.
• GCSMS TRAJET (cooperative service for Unaccompanied Minors) Cooperation group for the evaluation, shelter, and accompaniment of unaccompanied foreign minors in the Nord department, with SPReNe providing approximately 110 places through its EMA evaluation service and accompanying accommodation services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Accompanies more than 2,000 children per year in Hauts-de-France region
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship, notable and minor.

• GCSMS TRAJET (Groupement de Coopération Sociale et Médico-Sociale TRAJET)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTRAJET is a cooperative group formed in 2016 by SPReNe, EPDSAE, and AFEJI (joined by La Sauvegarde du Nord and GAP in 2018) to coordinate the evaluation, mise à l'abri (shelter), and accompaniment of unaccompanied foreign minors (MNA) in the Nord department. SPReNe participates through its EMA service (evaluation of minority and isolation), and three services of hébergement et accompagnement for approximately 110 MNA young people in the Lille metropolitan area and Armentières region.
• CNAPE (Convention Nationale des Associations de Protection de l'Enfant)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of 136 associations and 13 federations, reaching ~8,000 volunteers and 28,000 professionals who support 250,000+ children annually. CNAPE advocates for child rights, prevention, and quality accompaniment. SPReNe participates in CNAPE's advocacy and knowledge-sharing networks.
• CNAEMO (Carrefour National de l'Action Éducative en Milieu Ouvert)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association addressing 4,500+ professionals serving 160,000 children in danger, with 200+ individual members and 100+ association members. CNAEMO organizes national conferences (Assises), training, research, and publications. SPReNe actively participates, including animating round tables at the 42nd national Assises.
• ANPF (Association Nationale des Placements Familiaux)notableOthersNational association created in 1988 to bring together practitioners of family-based child placement. ANPF defends quality family placement as an institutional device with multidisciplinary teams. SPReNe operates SAFA (Service d'Accueil Familial Spécialisé) within its Flandre establishment.
• FN3S (Fédération Nationale des Services Sociaux Spécialisés de protection de l'enfance)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederation founded in 1945 that organizes annual study days for child protection professionals. Since 2009, FN3S is a member of CNAPE and sits on its board. SPReNe participates in FN3S knowledge-sharing activities.
• ANMECS (Association Nationale des Maisons d'Enfants à Caractère Social)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association representing MECS ( Maisons d'Enfants à Caractère Social) interests to public authorities, promoting research, study days, and professionalization. SPReNe's Maison d'Enfants du Capreau is a member.
• InfoMIE (Plateforme Nationale pour les Mineurs Isolés Étrangers)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational platform promoting the diffusion and respect of rights of unaccompanied foreign minors through online resources and technical tools for professionals working with these vulnerable young people.
• Nexem (Syndicat des employeurs associatifs de l'action sociale et médico-sociale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployers' union representing 11,000 establishments and 330,000 employees in social and medico-social sectors. Nexem advocates for sectoral public policies, collective bargaining, and member support. SPReNe is a member.
• URIOPSS (Union Régionale Interfédérale des Œuvres et Organismes Privés Sanitaires et Sociaux)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional union representing private non-profit social and health solidarity organizations across Hauts-de-France. URIOPSS provides cross-cutting representation, policy advocacy, and coordination for its members.
• Inter'assonotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective grouping Home des Flandres, Maison d'Enfants de Quesnoy, Agemme/La Clairière, and SPReNe. Directors and presidents meet regularly to share perspectives and carry common claims on child protection issues, financing sustainability, and action evaluation.
• CREAI Hauts-de-FrancenotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional center helping public decision-makers in health, social, and educational policy to address complex issues at the intersection of different public governance frameworks and professional practices.
• Mission Locale Flandre IntérieureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal employment service for young people. SPReNe Flandre partners with Mission Locale for professional insertion support, including the Vestiaire Solidaire project and voluntary work projects.
• SOLFA (Solidarité Femmes Accueil)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation providing support for women. SPReNe Flandre's Etayage service partnered with SOLFA for an International Women's Rights Day workshop to raise awareness among young people about women's rights and gender equality.
• Lions Club La Bassée les WeppesminorOthersService club that organized a car racing experience day for ~20 SPReNe young people at the Croix-en-Ternois circuit, with sports car baptisms (Porsche, Ferrari, Lotus).
• Fondation AP SommerminorOthersFoundation providing financial support for equitherapy sessions and activities for SPReNe Flandre young people.
• CLEA (Contrat Local d'Education Artistique)minorOthersArtistic residency partnership between the education ministry and local social/cultural/educational actors. SPReNe Flandre's day care service hosts CLEA artists (Victoire Vincent, Baptiste Cozzupoli) for photography workshops with young people.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: Largest French humanitarian organization operating across health, social, and emergency relief, including child protection services. Broader incumbent — provides overlapping child welfare services but as part of a much wider portfolio spanning medical, refugee, and disaster response.
• Fondation d'Auteuil: Large national foundation supporting vulnerable children and young people through education, family support, and accommodation across France. Broader incumbent — operates at significantly larger national scale than SPReNe but delivers comparable child protection and youth inclusion services.

Others

• URIOPSS Hauts-de-France: Regional federation representing private non-profit social and health solidarity organizations across Hauts-de-France. Adjacent — SPReNe is a member; provides policy advocacy, sectoral representation, and convening for comparable child-protection associations.
• Nexem: National employers' union representing 11,000 establishments and 330,000 employees in the social and medico-social sectors. Adjacent — SPReNe is a member; Nexem negotiates collective agreements that directly govern SPReNe's labor framework and advocates for sectoral public funding.

Direct peers

• La Sauvegarde du Nord: Major child protection association in the Nord department offering residential care, family placement, AEMO, and judicial measures. Direct comparable — partner in GCSMS TRAJET and Inter'asso collective with SPReNe; operates comparable service mix in the same geography.
• AFEJI: Association in Hauts-de-France providing child protection, social insertion, and accommodation services for vulnerable populations. Direct comparable — co-founder of GCSMS TRAJET with SPReNe, operating similar residential and educational services in the same region.
• Action Enfance: French foundation operating Maisons d'Enfants à Caractère Social, pavillons, and family placement services for children in care. Direct comparable — delivers equivalent MECS-style residential and family-based child protection services to SPReNe's portfolio.
• SOS Villages d'Enfants: French non-profit providing family-based residential care for siblings and at-risk children in villages d'enfants. Direct comparable — offers similar child protection services with focus on sibling groups and family-style residential settings.
• EPDSAE: Public establishment providing child protection, social care, and medico-social services in the Nord/Pas-de-Calais area. Direct comparable — co-founder of GCSMS TRAJET alongside SPReNe and AFEJI for unaccompanied minor reception.
• Groupe Associatif GAP: Groupement des Associations Partenaires d'action sociale active in Hauts-de-France with services for vulnerable populations including child protection. Direct comparable — joined GCSMS TRAJET in 2018 with SPReNe; operates adjacent child welfare and social services in the same region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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