Youth Counseling And Youth Welfare Association

What Youth Counseling And Youth Welfare Association does

Jugendberatung und Jugendhilfe e.V. (JJ e.V.), founded in 1975 and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is a registered nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) operating as one of the largest social services providers in the German Rhine-Main region. The organization delivers publicly commissioned services spanning youth counseling, addiction prevention and treatment, medical rehabilitation, substitution therapy, residential youth welfare, school social work, family support, and childcare across more than 70 facilities in Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz, employing approximately 1,400 staff. Its service portfolio includes 181 inpatient medical rehabilitation treatment places across five facilities, school social work at 40 schools in three districts, residential youth welfare homes (including Villa Anna, Inside, Wittelsbacherallee, Horizont, Weitblick, Haus Bleistein, Musikantenweg), four Kindertagesstätten with combined capacity of 144 children, outpatient and substitution clinics (including the heroin substitution clinic at Grüne Straße), and specialized programs for unaccompanied minor refugees.

JJ e.V. operates a non-commercial business model: services are commissioned and paid for by Jugendämter (youth welfare offices) under SGB VIII, statutory and private health insurers under SGB V/VI/IX, the Hessian prison administration, and municipal school authorities, with services provided free of charge to clients. Revenue is supplemented by charitable donations processed through the Caritas-Gemeinschaftsstiftung im Bistum Limburg platform, individual bank transfers, and occasional foundation grants (such as a €4,600 donation from the Dr. Wolfgang und Sigrid Berner Stiftung for Alois-Eckert-Schule workshop equipment). The technology stack is non-proprietary and limited to standard commercial infrastructure for donations (Stripe, Fundraisingbox), email communications (rapidmail), web analytics (Google Analytics), and digital counseling (suchtberatung.digital), reflecting the organization's role as a human-services provider rather than a technology platform. Strategic positioning rests on regulatory commissioning relationships, integrated service chains across ambulatory and stationary care, and a specialized regional workforce spanning social work, psychology, medicine, and pedagogy.

Name

Youth Counseling And Youth Welfare Association

Legal name

Jugendberatung und Jugendhilfe e.V.

Website

https://jj-ev.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Jugendberatung und Jugendhilfe e.V. (JJ e.V.) is a German nonprofit founded in 1975 that delivers publicly commissioned youth counseling, addiction treatment, residential youth welfare, school social work, and childcare services across 70+ facilities in Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz, serving approximately 1,400 staff and thousands of clients annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mental Health Counseling & Therapy Services (K–12) (EDAJALAG), Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Wraparound Student Support & Case Management Services (At-Risk K–12) (EDAJAEAJ)

Keywords

• Youth counseling services
• Addiction treatment services
• Residential youth welfare
• School social work
• Medical rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices23 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government-funded social services contracts: JJ e.V. derives the majority of its revenue from commissioned services funded by public youth welfare offices (Jugendämter), health insurance providers (gesetzliche und private Krankenkassen), and other public commissioning bodies under statutory frameworks including SGB VIII (Child and Youth Welfare Act) and SGB VI/IX (Rehabilitation/Social Integration). Services include youth counseling, addiction treatment, residential care, school-based social work, and child day care.
2. Donations and charitable contributions: The organization accepts individual and institutional donations processed via the Caritas-Gemeinschaftsstiftung im Bistum Limburg platform and through direct bank transfers. The Dr. Wolfgang und Sigrid Berner Stiftung also made a specific donation of approximately €4,600 for equipment at the Alois-Eckert-Schule.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

JJ e.V. operates an integrated network of social services across Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz, delivering prevention, outpatient and inpatient counseling, substitution treatment, medical rehabilitation, supported living, residential youth welfare, school social work, family assistance, and daycare. Services are commissioned by public bodies (Jugendämter, health insurers, schools, prisons, municipalities) and delivered through 70+ facilities with approximately 1,400 employees, supplemented by donations and grants.

Product overview

Jugendberatung und Jugendhilfe e.V. (JJ e.V.) operates as a comprehensive social services organization established in 1975, providing a multi-service portfolio of youth counseling, addiction support, and welfare services. The organization functions as a platform of interconnected facilities and programs rather than a single product, including core services such as addiction counseling and prevention, substitution treatment clinics, inpatient rehabilitation (181 treatment places across 5 facilities), supported living, school social work, residential youth welfare, family support, and childcare facilities (Kindertagesstätten). Services span prevention, counseling, treatment, and residential care across over 70 locations in Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with approximately 1,400 employees serving children, youth, adults, and families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fachstelle für Suchtprävention im Main-Taunus-Kreis: Specialized addiction prevention office for Main-Taunus-Kreis district
• FreD - Frühintervention bei erstauffälligen Drogenkonsumenten
• AlFreD - Frühintervention bei erstauffälligen Alkoholkonsumenten
• HaLT - Hart am Limit
• JuSH - Jugendtreff der Stadt Hattersheim
• Mädchentreff
• Box Projekt

Products and services

• Youth Counseling and Addiction Support (Jugendberatung und Suchthilfe) Core counseling services for youth and adults dealing with addiction issues, including consultation, prevention, and treatment support delivered across multiple regional centers in Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz.
• Addiction Prevention (Suchtprävention) Preventive programs targeting substance abuse and addictive behaviors, delivered in schools, families, and communities to promote healthy lifestyles and early intervention (including the HaLT federal model project, FreD and AlFreD programs).
• Substitution Clinics (Substitutionsambulanzen) Medical substitution treatment programs providing opioid replacement therapy (methadone, buprenorphine, including diamorphine at the Grüne Straße heroin ambulance) with interdisciplinary medical and psychosocial support.
• Supported Living (Betreutes Wohnen) Residential support services for people with addiction disorders, helping residents develop independent living skills while maintaining sobriety, including at the Rödelheimer Bahnweg facility in Frankfurt.
• Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation (Stationäre Therapie / Fachkliniken) Inpatient medical rehabilitation for addiction disorders across five facilities with a combined 181 treatment places in the Rhein-Main area, including Therapiedorf Villa Lilly in Bad Schwalbach.
• School Social Work (Schulsozialarbeit) Social work services provided in schools to support students, families, and teachers with counseling, crisis intervention, and prevention programs, delivered at 40 schools across Main-Taunus-, Wetterau-, and Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis.
• Residential Youth Welfare (Stationäre Jugendhilfe) Full-time residential care for youth aged 12-18 who cannot remain in their family environment, offering educational and therapeutic support across multiple residential homes (e.g., Villa Anna, Haus Bleistein, Musikantenweg, Horizont, Weitblick, Inside, Wittelsbacherallee).
• Family Support (Familienhilfe) Social-pedagogical family assistance and educational support services (Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe and Erziehungsbeistand) as defined under §27 and §41 of the German Child and Youth Welfare Act (SGB VIII), delivered on commission from the Jugendamt Frankfurt am Main.
• Childcare Facilities (Kindertagesstätten / Kita) Daycare services at Kita U3 Goldbergweg (20 children, 10 months–3 years), Kita Kleyerstraße (54 children, 10 months–primary school), Kita Kinderhaus Bullerbü (50 children, 3 years–primary school), and Naturkindergarten Bad Schwalbach (20 children, 3 years–primary school).
• Outpatient Therapy (Ambulante Therapie) Outpatient medical rehabilitation for addiction, including individual and group therapy using psychotherapy approaches such as behavioral therapy, depth psychology, and humanistic therapy (psychodrama, integrative therapy, Gestalt therapy), relapse prevention, and social competence training.
• Day Facility (Tagesstätte) Day-structuring services for people with addiction disorders and severe physical, psychological, and social impairments to improve participation in all life areas, including at Tagesstätte Bahnweg (Rödelheimer Bahnweg) in Frankfurt.
• Online Counseling and Digital Addiction Counseling Online chat and digital counseling services available via the JJ e.V. website and the DigiSucht platform (suchtberatung.digital), providing low-threshold anonymous advice and addiction counseling.

Quantifiable outcome

• 181 treatment places in 5 inpatient rehabilitation facilities for addiction
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Caritas-Gemeinschaftsstiftung im Bistum LimburgcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJJ e.V. partners with the Caritas-Gemeinschaftsstiftung im Bistum Limburg within the 'Spenden Stiften Strahlen – Caritas im Bistum Limburg' platform to process and administer charitable donations. The foundation issues donation receipts (Zuwendungsbestätigungen) on behalf of JJ e.V. A data processing agreement (Auftragsverarbeitung) has been concluded with the foundation.
• Wikando GmbH (Fundraisingbox)coreTechnology or IntegrationWikando GmbH provides the Fundraisingbox online donation platform used by JJ e.V. to collect online donations. The platform handles payment processing via Stripe, PayPal, direct debit, credit card (via DKM), and Klarna Sofortüberweisung. Donation data is forwarded from Fundraisingbox servers to the Caritas-Gemeinschaftsstiftung for processing.
• Dr. Wolfgang und Sigrid Berner Stiftung (Frankfurt am Main)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Dr. Wolfgang und Sigrid Berner Stiftung, based in Frankfurt am Main, donated approximately €4,600 to fund new equipment for the Werkraum (workshop) of the Alois-Eckert-Schule, enabling the school to replace obsolete and unsafe machinery.
• Bundesmodellprojekt HaLT (Hart am Limit)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJJ e.V. operates the HaLT project (Hart am Limit), a federal model project for alcohol prevention targeting young people who have been hospitalized with alcohol poisoning or referred by schools, parents, clubs, or police. The project combines reactive immediate intervention with proactive prevention activities in collaboration with regional stakeholders.
• Hessische Landesstelle für Suchtfragen (HLS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJJ e.V. works closely with the HLS, Hesse's state-level addiction issues body, as part of Hesse's addiction prevention and counseling network. The HLS provides coordination, expertise, and institutional links across Hesse's prevention landscape.
• Amt für Schulen, Jugend und Kultur des Main-Taunus-KreisescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJJ e.V.'s Zentrum für Jugendberatung und Suchthilfe in the Main-Taunus-Kreis operates under commissions from the local government's Department of Schools, Youth and Culture, which funds school social work, mobile youth services, and addiction prevention across the district's municipalities.
• Jugendämter (Youth Welfare Offices) — multiple municipalitiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJJ e.V. holds commissioning contracts with youth welfare offices across numerous municipalities in Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz for the provision of residential youth welfare (Hilfen zur Erziehung under SGB VIII), outpatient counseling, family support, and school-based social work services.
• Justizvollzugsanstalten (Prisons) in Hessen — Frankfurt III, Frankfurt IV, Butzbach, Darmstadt, DieburgcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJJ e.V. provides external addiction counseling and foreign nationals advisory services within correctional facilities across Hesse under commissioned contracts with the prison authorities. Services include individual counseling, group sessions, and referrals for incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders.
• Statutory Health Insurance Funds (Gesetzliche und Private Krankenkassen)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJJ e.V.'s addiction treatment and medical rehabilitation services are funded by statutory and private health insurers under the German statutory health insurance framework (SGB V), covering substitution treatment, ambulatory and inpatient rehabilitation, and related medical services.
• Sozialbank AGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerJJ e.V. maintains a bank account at Sozialbank AG for processing charitable donations via direct bank transfer (IBAN: DE86 3702 0500 0001 4757 00).
• Demokratie Leben! (Federal civic engagement program)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerJJ e.V.'s school social work project 'Wolle und Gack' (musical theater project addressing cultural misunderstandings) was financed through 'Demokratie Leben!', a federal funding program for civic engagement and democracy promotion in Germany.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kreuzbund e.V. Self-help association for addicts and family members operating addiction counseling groups and outpatient support across Germany, often in cooperation with publicly commissioned providers. Comparable peer in the addiction counseling service line.
• Blaues Kreuz in Deutschland e.V. Germany-wide addiction self-help and counseling nonprofit operating outpatient addiction services and prevention programs, frequently co-funded by public commissioners. Comparable to JJ's addiction prevention and outpatient counseling service lines.
• Therapiehilfe e.V. Hamburg-based nonprofit operating integrated addiction counseling, substitution, residential rehabilitation, and social participation services under SGB frameworks. Closest direct peer to JJ's addiction/counseling/rehab service line in operating model and funding mix.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz e.V. German Red Cross society operating youth welfare, family support, and social services through regional chapters. Comparable to JJ in being a publicly commissioned, multi-service nonprofit network reliant on SGB funding.
• Deutscher Caritasverband: Germany's largest Catholic welfare association, operating an integrated network of youth welfare, addiction services, residential care, and social support funded via SGB frameworks. Provides direct peer comparison on commissioning model and integrated service structure.
• Diakonie Deutschland: National umbrella for Protestant-affiliated welfare organizations operating addiction counseling, youth welfare, residential care, and social services across all German states. Directly competes with JJ for the same Jugendamt and health-insurer commissioning contracts in Hessen and beyond.
• AWO Bundesverband e.V. Workers' welfare association operating youth welfare, addiction counseling, and family support services nationwide through regional AWO chapters. Directly comparable as a Wohlfahrtsverband competing for the same SGB-commissioned service contracts as JJ.
• Der Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband: Umbrella for ~10,000 independent nonprofit social services organizations in Germany, including many addiction and youth welfare providers. Serves as the institutional counterpart JJ belongs to and competes with at the commissioning table.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/jjev.frankfurt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jj-ev
• Instagraminstagram.com/jugendberatung_und_jugendhilfe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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