What ADSEA05 does

ADSEA 05 (Association Départementale pour la Sauvegarde des Enfants et des Adultes des Hautes-Alpes) is a French non-profit association under the law of 1901, founded on February 18, 1963, and headquartered in Gap, in the Hautes-Alpes department. The association coordinates a network of more than 14 medico-social establishments and services that cover the full lifecycle of social and disability support: child protection (AEMO, MECS La Récampa, SAM, SAMA-MNA), pediatric disability care (IME Le Bois de Saint Jean, SESSAD), adult disability housing and care (MAS, FAM, two Foyers de Vie, Foyer d'Hébergement, SAVS), protected employment (ESAT de Rosans with 63 ETP places), and a recently closed vocational training center for at-risk youth (CEFP, closed December 31, 2025). It also operates a CEFP-adjacent professional training program (CFA-FA) with URMA.

The association operates with a workforce of approximately 69 employees and runs complementary production workshops within the ESAT — an industrial laundry (ISO 9001 and RABC certified, ~106,000 kg/year), two central kitchens producing 1,450 meals/day, an agricultural and market-gardening pole covering ~140 hectares with Label Rouge and BIO/ECOCERT certifications, a green-spaces/multi-trade service, and a cleaning service. Underlying technology is conventional industrial (HACCP kitchens, ISO 9001 laundry process, RABC sanitary protocol) and operational (Drupal CMS website); no proprietary software, AI/ML systems, or digital platforms are disclosed. Specialized pedagogical tools in use include the TEACH method and PECS communication system for autistic children.

Revenue is overwhelmingly public-sector mandated: 47% from the Conseil Départemental des Hautes-Alpes, 21% from Assurance Maladie under ARS control, 10% from State social aid (ARS-controlled, ESAT), and 12% from the Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse. The remaining ~10% is split between ESAT commercial production revenue (laundry, catering, agriculture, landscaping to schools, nurseries, elderly homes, local authorities, ~50 direct agricultural customers plus 12 distributors) and private donations routed through the Fonds de Dotation created in February 2019. Pricing of core services is set administratively; resident financial participation is based on total resources with a minimum 30% retention. Go-to-market is community- and event-driven (public tenders, departmental calls for projects, MDPH orientations, judicial measures) rather than commercial. The association holds no equity, has no parent company, and is governed by a Conseil d'Administration presided by founder Jouve René, with Muriel Nicolas as Directrice Générale.

Name

ADSEA05

Legal name

ADSEA des Hautes Alpes

Website

https://adsea05.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ADSEA 05 is a French non-profit association coordinating a network of 14+ medico-social establishments in Hautes-Alpes, serving children and adults with disabilities, children in social difficulty, and unaccompanied minors through public-mandated care, housing, education, and protected employment services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social and Medico-Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Personal Care & ADL Assistance (bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility) (HLADAGAA), Accessibility, Accommodations & Assistive Services (EDALAFAN), Activities of Daily Living (ADL) & Self-Care Skills Training (EDAKAFAE)

Keywords

• Social services
• Disability care
• Child protection
• Medico-social services
• Supported employment

Headquarters

HQ city

Gap

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Health Insurance Funding: Funded by assurance maladie under ARS control for IME, SESSAD, MAS and care portion of FAM
2. State Social Aid: State social assistance under ARS control for ESAT
3. Departmental Funding: Funding from the Department for foyers, SAVS, MECS
4. Judicial Youth Protection: Joint funding from Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse and Department for CEFP
5. Commercial Production Revenue: ESAT generates revenue through production activities and subcontracting work including laundry, catering, agricultural products, and landscaping services
6. Donations: Private donations collected through the Fonds de Dotation for financing actions and projects in social and medico-social sector

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ADSEA 05 manages a coordinated network of medico-social establishments and services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities, as well as for children in danger and unaccompanied foreign minors in the Hautes-Alpes department. Its core offerings include residential care (IME, MECS, MAS, FAM, Foyers de Vie, FH), outpatient support services (SESSAD, AEMO, SAVS, SAM, SAMA-MNA), adapted employment via ESAT, and professional training through CEFP (recently closed). The association is funded by public institutions and complemented by ESAT commercial production in laundry, catering, agriculture, green spaces, and cleaning.

Product overview

ADSEA 05 is a departmental association managing a coordinated network of 14+ medico-social establishments and services across the Hautes-Alpes territory. The organization operates three interconnected service pillars: (1) Children & Adolescents services including IME, SESSAD, MECS, SAM, SAMA-MNA, and AEMO for disability care and child protection; (2) Adults services including ESAT, FH, FV (two sites), SAVS, FAM, and MAS for disability support, accommodation, and adapted work; (3) Operational support services including laundry, agricultural production, central kitchens, green spaces, and cleaning that provide both therapeutic work opportunities for disabled persons and commercial services to external clients. The ESAT acts as a bridge between care services and economic activity, integrating production workshops with professional reintegration objectives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Institut Médico-Educatif (IME) - Le Bois de Saint Jean Medico-educational institute for children and young adults aged 6-20 with intellectual disabilities or severe communication disorders, including autism. Provides schooling, pre-professional training, and therapeutic support. Capacity: 38 internat, 33 semi-internat, 1 family placement, and 4 sequential reception places.
• SESSAD - Service d'Education Spéciale et de Soins à Domicile Specialized education and home care service supporting school inclusion and autonomy acquisition for children aged 6-20 with intellectual disabilities, behavioral disorders, or autism. Uses TEACH method and PECS communication system.
• MECS - Maison d'Enfants à Caractère Social 'La Rêcampa' Children's home for children aged 6-18 facing social and family difficulties, maltreatment, or parental educational deficiencies. Habilitation from ASE. Capacity: 12 children plus 1 emergency bed and 1 modular reception.
• SAM - Service d'Accueil Modulable Flexible reception service providing educational support for children in their natural environment, offering temporary accommodation with host families to help families in difficulty. Capacity: 24 places.
• SAMA-MNA - Service d'Accueil et de Mise à l'Abri / Mineurs Non Accompagnés Emergency reception and shelter service for unaccompanied minors (MNA), with 30 places for SAMA and 15 places for MNA, including accommodation, administrative support, healthcare, and schooling assistance.
• AEMO - Action Educative en Milieu Ouvert Judicial educational action in open environment, providing support to families where minors' health, safety, or education is at risk. Authorized for 180 measures across Hautes-Alpes for 0-18 years.
• ESAT - Etablissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail Work assistance establishment for adults with disabilities who cannot obtain employment in the ordinary sector. Capacity of 63 ETP, includes workshops for laundry, catering, cleaning, green spaces, and agriculture.
• FH - Foyer d'Hébergement des Travailleurs Handicapés Residential housing for disabled workers attending ESAT, offering permanent accommodation 365 days/year with capacity of 30 people. Located at Les Buissons, Rosans.
• FV - Foyer de Vie de Rosans Life center for adults with disabilities unable to acquire sufficient autonomy, not requiring constant medical care. Capacity of 40 places.
• FV - Foyer de Vie de Gap Life center for adults with disabilities (ages 20-65) located at Bois Saint Jean site. Capacity of 21 residents.
• SAVS - Service d'Accompagnement à la Vie Sociale Life social support service for adults with disabilities, helping with daily activities, housing, administrative procedures, healthcare, leisure, and professional integration. Capacity of 20 people plus 6 active file participants.
• FAM - Foyer d'Accueil Médicalisé Medicalized reception home for mentally disabled adults (over 20) requiring assistance for essential daily activities and regular medical care. Capacity of 13 internat and 3 semi-internat places.
• MAS - Maison d'Accueil Spécialisée Specialized reception home for mentally disabled or severely disabled adults (over 20) requiring constant third-party assistance and medical surveillance. Capacity of 21 places.
• Pôle Blanchisserie Industrial laundry service with capacity of 600 kg/day, providing work for 17 disabled workers. Handles work uniforms and resident clothing for care facilities. ISO 9001 certified with RABC sanitary qualification.
• Pôle Maraîchage et Agricole Agricultural and market gardening service with 12 disabled workers on 140 hectares. Produces Label Rouge Sisteron lamb, certified BIO cereals, and BIO vegetables sold through direct sales to about 50 private customers and 12 distributors/restaurants.
• Pôle Cuisines de l'ESAT Central kitchen producing over 1450 meals/day for canteens, nurseries, and elderly care facilities. Includes catering service with buffet and meal tray options. HACCP compliant with DDCSPP agrégation.
• Pôle Espaces-Verts Multi-Travaux Green spaces and multi-trades workshop with 12 disabled workers providing garden maintenance, tree trimming, and fencing services to external clients across approximately 40 annual contracts.
• Pôle Ménage Cleaning service for common areas of residential facilities and external clients including the municipality of Rosans.
• Fonds de Dotation Endowment fund created February 21, 2019, to support social and medico-social projects for disabled persons and child protection beneficiaries through donations and legacies with tax deduction benefits (66% for individuals, 60% for companies).

Quantifiable outcome

• 7 young MNA followed obtained their CAP diploma through supported training programs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GCSMS Alpes Santé SolidaritécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 September 2020Groupement de Coopération Sociale et Médico-Sociale formed with Fondation ALIA (74-73) and previously Fondation E. Seltzer (05) to build a network of establishments with shared strategic project. Objectives include training mutualization, staff mobility, recruitment optimization, telemedicine platform, and quality improvement. ADSEA 05 General Director Muriel Nicolas serves as Administrator of GCSMS.
• Fondation ALIAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation ALIA (departments 74-73) is founding partner of GCSMS Alpes Santé Solidarité. President Pierre GILIBERT serves as President of GCSMS.
• Restos du CœurminorOthersPartnership allowing Foyer de Vie residents to volunteer with Restos du Cœur organization
• MDPH05 (Maison Départementale des Personnes Handicapées)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey institutional partner for orientation and support of people with disabilities, working with SESSAD and other establishments
• Education NationalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for school inclusion of disabled children, providing specialized teachers and coordination for individualized schooling plans (PPS)
• AGEFIPHminorOthersAssociation for management of funds for integration of disabled persons, supports professional training and integration for disabled workers
• CAP Emploi 05minorOthersSpecialized employment service for disabled workers, partner for professional integration of SESSAD beneficiaries
• URMA (Unité Régionale des Métiers et de l'Artisanat)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional chamber of trades partner for CFA-FA training providing apprenticeships for disabled youth

Scale indicators21 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• APAJH: Association Pour Adultes et Jeunes Handicapés runs a similar medico-social portfolio (IME, SESSAD, MAS, FAM, ESAT, SAVS) with comparable public-mission funding. Directly comparable peer operating under the same French regulatory regime.
• Fondation E. Seltzer: Former GCSMS co-founder that operated medico-social establishments (retirement homes, disability care) in Hautes-Alpes. Closely comparable mission and geography before its 2021 departure from the GCSMS.
• ARSEA (Association Régionale de Sauvegarde): Regional social-services association operating medico-social establishments in eastern France (Grand Est), with overlapping child-protection, disability, and social-inclusion service lines. Closely mirrors ADSEA 05's departmental 'sauvegarde' model.
• Association des Paralysés de France (APF France Handicap): Major French disability association operating residential, work-integration, and advocacy services nationwide. Highly comparable in disability-service portfolio and public-funding dependency.
• Fondation ALIA: Founding partner of GCSMS Alpes Santé Solidarité with ADSEA 05; operates medico-social establishments in departments 73/74 with comparable disability and child-protection services. Same operational model, regional peer, and co-op partner.
• ADAPEI: National federation of departmental associations of parents and friends of intellectually disabled children (ADAPEI), operating IME, MAS, FAM, and ESAT establishments across France. Highly comparable to ADSEA 05 in mission, service portfolio, and public-payer funding model.

Broad incumbents

• UNAPEI: National federation representing ADAPEI and similar disability-sector associations, advocating policy and coordinating sector initiatives. Indirectly comparable as the umbrella organization to which many ADSEA 05 peers belong.
• Croix-Rouge française: France's largest social-services organization operating disability, child-protection, emergency-shelter, and training establishments nationally. Comparable service categories and public-payer funding, but at much broader scale and with diversified humanitarian activities.
• Mutualité Française: National federation of mutuelles operating medico-social and healthcare establishments (childcare, elderly care, disability services). Comparable non-profit public-mission model, broader service portfolio, and national footprint.

Regional players

• Conseil Départemental des Hautes-Alpes (Aide Sociale à l'Enfance): Public-sector counterpart that funds and co-administers several ADSEA 05 services (MECS, AEMO, CEFP, Foyers). Comparable mission in child protection and vulnerable populations, with public rather than associative governance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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