Alynea - Samu Social 69

What Alynea - Samu Social 69 does

Alynea - Samu Social 69 is a French nonprofit association (Association Loi 1901) founded in 1974 and headquartered in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, France, operating across the Lyon metropolitan area and the Rhône department. It is the statutory manager of Samu Social du Rhône (created 1994), delivering street outreach (maraudes) to people without shelter, and running a portfolio of services built around a housing-first, multidisciplinary methodology. These services comprise emergency and transitional housing across 9 establishments with 460 apartments (including CHRS facilities, the maternal center L'Auvent, and Plan A for youth from child welfare), professional insertion and training (~39,000 hours/year), health and inclusion programs (ACT Entr'Aids, Interface 9, CHRS PolyGônes), the Pension Sociale Hospitalière with Hospices Civils de Lyon, and a global social accompaniment function covering rights access, family support, and language training.

The association employs 220 staff and mobilizes 90+ active volunteers, supported by an in-house case-management/coordination platform underpinning the housing-first workflow. Its revenue is non-commercial and assembled from four streams: public grants from the Rhône department, Métropole de Lyon, Ville de Lyon, and national social programs; individual donations (with French 75%/66% tax deductions); corporate partnerships and mécénat (Leroy Merlin, EDF, Crédit Agricole Centre-Est, Fondation Hermès, among others); and in-kind solidarity housing from private landlords (Location Solidaire). It sells nothing to beneficiaries; all services are free. Active programs for 2024–2025 include Plan A (youth housing), Casa Ricochet (combined housing and shared garden, opened Jan 2025), the Pension Sociale Hospitalière, and the in-development Refuge des Aînés. The association is governed by a volunteer board (elected July 2024) and led by Director General Philippe Imbert (appointed September 2024), with a coordinating committee that includes directors for operations, finance/IT, HR, mécénat/communication, and the Fondation Alynea (launched 2025).

Name

Alynea - Samu Social 69

Legal name

Association Loi 1901 Alynea

Website

https://alynea.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Alynea - Samu Social 69 is a French nonprofit association founded in 1974 that manages Samu Social du Rhône, delivering street outreach, housing across 9 establishments, professional insertion, and healthcare coordination to ~10,000 vulnerable people annually in the Lyon metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homelessness and Social Emergency Services

NAICS

Temporary Shelters (624221), Community Housing Services (62422), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO), Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Emergency homeless shelter
• Social housing services
• Street outreach programs
• Professional insertion training
• Nonprofit social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oullins-Pierre-Bénite

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual donations with tax deductions (75% up to €1000, 66% beyond, capped at 20% of taxable income). The association runs online donation campaigns and direct mail.
2. Public Grants and Subsidies: Government funding from Rhône department, Métropole de Lyon, Ville de Lyon, and national social programs. Core funding for operations of Samu Social 69 and all accommodation facilities.
3. Corporate Partnerships and Mécénat: Corporate sponsorships, donations in kind, skills-based volunteering (mécénat de compétence), and solidarity rounding programs with retailers like Leroy Merlin.
4. Location Solidaire: Private landlords donate or lease properties below market rate to Alynea for hosting families and individuals in precarious situations, providing stable housing solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Alynea - Samu Social 69 is a nonprofit social services association that provides street outreach, emergency and transitional housing, professional insertion, healthcare coordination, and global social accompaniment to people experiencing homelessness and precarity in the Rhône department. It operates 9 housing establishments with 460 apartments, supports 10,000 people per year (including 5,600 without shelter), and hosts 950 people each night, funded through public grants, donations, and corporate partnerships.

Product overview

Alynea – Samu Social 69 is a non-profit social welfare association (Association Loi 1901) founded in 1975, operating across the Lyon metropolitan area and the Rhône department. It operates as a unified social services organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs centered on supporting people experiencing homelessness and precarity. Its core services include Samu Social 69 (street outreach and emergency response), emergency and transitional housing (managed through 9 establishments including CHRS Carteret, CHRS Cléberg, CHRS Point Nuit, CHRS Régis, CHU Alfred de Musset, Château Gaillard, Passerelle Habitat, Zone Libre, and the Centre maternel L'Auvent), health and inclusion services (ACT Entr'Aids, CHRS PolyGônes, Interface 9, Pension Sociale Hospitalière), professional integration and training (including the BaklAAVA workshop and a 20-year-old training service), and global social accompaniment. Major ongoing projects include Plan A (housing for 20 young adults from child welfare), ALY'UP (collaborative skills development space), Casa Ricochet (multi-use housing and garden space), and the upcoming Refuge des Aînés. The organization also runs a volunteering program with over 90 active volunteers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Plan A: Housing and support device for 20 young adults (18-21 years) from child welfare services, providing individual apartments and multidisciplinary support for professional insertion.
• ALY'UP
• BaklAAVA

Products and services

• Samu Social 69 (Street Outreach) Street outreach teams (maraudes) that meet people living without shelter in streets, squats, and shantytowns to evaluate medical, psychological, and social situations and orient them toward appropriate services. Operating since 1994.
• Hébergement et logement (Housing and Lodging) Emergency and transitional housing solutions for people without shelter, including collective, semi-collective, and scattered housing (logement diffus) across nine establishments with 460 apartments.
• Centre maternel L'Auvent Maternal center for pregnant women or single mothers in precarious situations with a child under 3 years old, within child protection and prevention frameworks. Located at L'Autre Soie in Villeurbanne with 11 units and 29 places.
• CHRS Carteret Centre d'Hébergement et de Réinsertion Sociale (CHRS) providing housing and social reintegration support for individuals in precarity.
• CHRS Cléberg Centre d'Hébergement et de Réinsertion Sociale (CHRS) providing housing and social reintegration support.
• CHRS Point Nuit Night-time reception and housing service for people in precarity.
• CHRS Régis Centre d'Hébergement et de Réinsertion Sociale (CHRS) providing housing and social reintegration support.
• CHRS PolyGônes Specialized CHRS focused on social and health inclusion for people with complex vulnerabilities.
• CHU Alfred de Musset Centre d'Hébergement d'Urgence (CHU) providing emergency overnight accommodation for people in precarity.
• Château Gaillard Specialized housing facility for people in precarious situations.
• Passerelle Habitat Bridge housing service helping people transition from emergency shelter to independent living.
• Plan A Housing project for 20 young adults (under 21, mainly from child welfare services) providing grouped and scattered housing in Lyon, with multidisciplinary support for social and professional integration.
• Service d'accompagnement vers et dans l'habitat (SAVDH) Support service helping people access and maintain housing, guiding them through the process of obtaining and keeping a home.
• Zone Libre Youth-focused housing support service operating in the Lyon area.
• Insertion professionnelle / Professional Integration Job placement, vocational training, and professional integration services including individual support toward employment, workshops, and French language learning (DELF preparation). Approximately 2,200 people guided toward employment annually.
• Formation et développement de compétences (Training & Skills Development) Professional training service offering training adapted to people in precarity to develop skills and facilitate employment access. Delivers approximately 39,000 hours of training per year.
• Atelier d'adaptation à la vie active (BaklAAVA) Social and solidarity catering workshop helping people adapt to active life, supporting daily living skills, social integration, and professional insertion through hands-on training.
• Santé – Inclusion (Health – Inclusion) Health and inclusion services including medical and psychological follow-up, harm reduction, care coordination, and access to healthcare for people in precarity.
• ACT Entr'Aids Appartement de Coordination Thérapeutique (ACT) providing supported housing for people with serious mental or physical health conditions requiring coordinated medical and social support.
• Interface 9 Mobile psychosocial team serving the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, working with local professionals in an 'aller-vers' (going to) approach to facilitate access to mental health care for people in precarity.
• Pension Sociale Hospitalière Social housing service developed in partnership with the Hospices Civils de Lyon to provide secure post-hospitalization housing for people without stable housing, preventing care ruptures.
• Accompagnement global (Global Support) Comprehensive individual support services helping people in precarity access fundamental rights including administrative rights, family support, personal development, and social inclusion. Support is personalized, co-constructed, and relationship-centered.
• Bénévolat (Volunteering Program) Volunteer program offering diverse missions including homework support, French language learning, animation in shelters, apartment renovation, logistics, interpretation, and entrepreneurship coaching. Over 90 active volunteers participate in association governance and fieldwork.
• ALY'UP A collaborative space conceived by and for people supported by the association, aiming to break isolation, foster exchanges, support insertion pathways, and develop skills through workshops, collective events, and individual appointments.
• Casa Ricochet Shared space opened in January 2025 in Lyon's 8th arrondissement, co-managed by Plan A and partner association Passe-Jardins. Combines 6 on-site studios plus 14 scattered apartments, a 1,000 m² shared garden, environmental training, and hands-on workshops.
• Refuge des Aînés Upcoming housing project designed to provide dignified adapted living for 20 aging or disabled people who have experienced life on the streets.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000 people supported annually including 5,600 without shelter
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• GIE La Ville AutrementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlynea is a member of GIE La Ville Autrement with 4 other housing and accommodation organizations to establish innovative dialogue and provide new operational responses to urban development stakeholders in the Lyon metropolitan area.
• Hospices Civils de LyoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Pension Sociale Hospitalière project providing post-hospitalization accommodation for patients without stable housing, ensuring care continuity.
• Passe-JardinscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation managing shared garden at Plan A facility, creating environmental project open to neighborhood residents. Partners for Casa Ricochet space.
• Fédération des Acteurs de la Solidarité (FAS)coreOthersNational federation of solidarity actors that Alynea participates in for advocacy, knowledge sharing, and collective action.
• URIOPSS Auvergne Rhône-AlpessupportingOthersRegional union of social and medico-social institutions that Alynea participates in.
• Est Métropole HabitatcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSocial housing provider partnered with Alynea for the L'Eventail project with 8 PLAI-adapted social housing units.
• Rhône Saône HabitatsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSocial housing provider partnered with Alynea through GIE La Ville Autrement.
• Leroy MerlinsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerSolidarity rounding program where customers can donate spare change at checkout to support Alynea's anti-homelessness efforts.
• Groupe SebsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate volunteer participation during the Fête des Lumières event, supporting crêpe preparation for the solidarity market.
• GattefossésupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate volunteer participation during the Fête des Lumières event.
• Ydès AvocatssupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerLegal firm partner supporting Fête des Lumières event.
• L'Autre SoiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-location site where Centre maternel L'Auvent operates within a larger social and cultural project in Villeurbanne.
• 115 / Service Intégré d'Accueil et d'Orientation (SIAO)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational emergency housing hotline and integrated reception system that directs people to Alynea's services.
• Aide Sociale à l'Enfance (ASE)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorChild welfare services that refer young people turning 18 to Plan A for housing and support.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

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Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: National humanitarian organization running emergency accommodation, social-insertion programs, and health services for vulnerable people — much larger and broader than Alynea, with overlapping CHRS, maraudes, and reinsertion activities.
• Armée du Salut (Fondation de l'Armée du Salut): French branch of the Salvation Army operating shelters (CHRS), social-résidence housing, and reinsertion programs across France — broader geographic footprint than Alynea but overlapping service portfolio in emergency housing and reintegration.
• Secours Catholique - Caritas France: National Catholic social-action association supporting people in poverty through housing, integration, and accompaniment programs — comparable mission and dependency on donations/public grants with a national footprint.

Direct peers

• Samu Social de Paris: Paris counterpart managing the original Samu Social model (founded 1993) with street-outreach teams, emergency accommodation, and health/psychological support for homeless populations — directly comparable mandate and operational design to Alynea's Samu Social 69.
• Coallia: National French association operating CHRS, accommodation for asylum seekers, and social-insertion housing across many regions. Operates diffuse housing and similar reinsertion services as Alynea with a comparable multi-program association model.
• Habitat et Humanisme: Federation operating across Rhône-Alpes and other regions to provide very-social housing, pensions de famille, and reintegration support for people in precarious situations — closest geographic peer to Alynea with very similar housing-first methodology and volunteer engagement.
• France Terre d'Asile: National association dedicated to asylum-seeker and refugee reception, with CADA, HUDA, and accommodation services plus insertion support — comparable operational model for vulnerable-population housing, health, and rights accompaniment.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre: France's leading homelessness and inadequate-housing advocacy and service foundation; operates housing programs and the annual L'État du Mal-logement report. Comparable advocacy + housing-support combination to Alynea's positioning in Rhône.
• Emmaüs Solidarité: Major Paris-based association operating emergency shelters, street outreach (maraudes), and CHRS facilities for people experiencing homelessness — the closest French functional peer to Alynea, operating at much larger scale in another metropolitan region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/AssociationALYNEA
• Facebookfacebook.com/associationalynea
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alynea
• Instagraminstagram.com/alynea_samusocial69

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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