ANPAEJ (Association Nationale des PAEJ)

What ANPAEJ (Association Nationale des PAEJ) does

ANPAEJ (Association Nationale des Points Accueil-Écoute Jeunes) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901), founded in 1997 and headquartered in Vincennes, Île-de-France, that federates, animates, and represents the national network of Points Accueil-Écoute Jeunes (PAEJ) before public authorities and youth-prevention stakeholders. Its primary role is coordination rather than direct service delivery: a small national secretariat of roughly nine employees supports a network of more than 400 PAEJ structures distributed across all thirteen French mainland regions and four overseas territories (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte). These structures provide desinstitutionalized, generalist, unconditional, and free welcome, listening, and support services to adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 25 facing issues such as school dropout, social exclusion, radicalization risk, psychological distress, family conflicts, addiction, harassment, and questions about relationships and sexuality.

The association's core technology consists of two proprietary information systems developed and managed in-house: PAEJstat, a domain-specialized activity-tracking and reporting tool used by PAEJ professionals to enter and monitor activity data and generate reports; and PAEJconnect, a collaborative platform and resource hub that supports communication, knowledge exchange, and professional networking between ANPAEJ and its member structures at national and local levels. ANPAEJ does not commercialize these tools; both are operated to support the network. The association publishes a national référentiel d'agrément, a Charte associative, and annual reports, and subscribes to the Contrat d'Engagement Républicain, reinforcing its formal standing as a state-recognized interlocutor on youth policy.

ANPAEJ's business model is non-commercial. It is funded through membership fees from PAEJ structures, public grants — primarily from the Caisse nationale des allocations familiales (Cnaf) — and institutional partnerships, notably with Caf branches and the French Ministry of Labor and Solidarity, which hosted the 2025 National PAEJ Day. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. In 2025, ANPAEJ participated in the Collectif National pour la Santé des Jeunes (CNSJ) and advocated for mental health to be elevated as a Grande cause nationale, positioning the network within national youth mental health policy. The Board of Directors was renewed at the Ordinary General Assembly of 2 June 2026, with Marc Leray elected President.

Name

ANPAEJ (Association Nationale des PAEJ)

Legal name

Association nationale des Points Accueil-Écoute Jeunes

Website

https://anpaej.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ANPAEJ is a French non-profit association that federates and represents a network of 400+ PAEJ youth-listening structures across France and its overseas territories, serving adolescents and young adults aged 12–25 with free, confidential support, while operating the PAEJstat and PAEJconnect digital platforms for its members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Other Individual and Family Services (62419), Social Assistance (624), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) Partnerships (HLAJAOAG)

Keywords

• Youth support services
• Social prevention programs
• Community counseling
• Family guidance
• Youth mental health

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ANPAEJ is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) that animates, federates, and represents a national network of Points Accueil-Écoute Jeunes (PAEJ) delivering free, unconditional listening, welcoming, and support services for adolescents and young adults (12-25 years) facing personal, social, or family difficulties, and their families. The association has developed and manages two proprietary information systems: PAEJstat (activity tracking and reporting) and PAEJconnect (collaborative networking and resource-sharing platform) to support its member network across France.

Product overview

ANPAEJ operates a dual-product system consisting of PAEJstat for activity tracking and reporting, and PAEJconnect for collaborative knowledge-sharing and communication. Both systems are internally developed and managed by the association to support the network of Points Accueil-Écoute Jeunes (PAEJ), which provide welcoming, listening, and support services for youth aged 12-25.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PAEJstat: Information system built by and for PAEJ professionals to enable activity recording, tracking, and report generation.
• PAEJconnect

Products and services

• PAEJ Network Youth Support Services Multidisciplinary youth welcome, listening, and support services delivered through physical reception, telephone listening lines, individual accompaniment, collective actions, and online educational presence (the 'aller-vers' approach). Services are completely free, unconditional, generalist, and desinstitutionalized, addressing school dropout prevention, social exclusion prevention, radicalization prevention, psychological malaise, family conflicts, addiction, harassment, and questions related to romantic life and sexuality for adolescents and young adults aged 12-25 across France and overseas territories.
• PAEJstat Activity tracking and reporting system built by and for PAEJ professionals, enabling member organizations to perform activity data entry, monitoring, and report generation as part of their work within the national PAEJ network.
• PAEJconnect Collaborative platform and resource hub designed to promote mutual knowledge, communication, and exchanges with ANPAEJ and between PAEJ member organizations on common themes, at both national and local levels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Free, unconditional access to support services for youth aged 12-25

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Réseau National des Missions Locales: Federation of French local youth employment and guidance agencies serving 16-25 year olds. Comparable federated network structure with multidisciplinary local teams, public funding, and a national representative body advocating for youth policy.
• UNAF (Union Nationale des Associations Familiales): National umbrella federation representing family associations in France, with public-policy advocacy and member support functions. Comparable governance and funding model (loi 1901, CAF funding, federation of local structures) and overlapping mission on family support to youth.
• UNIOPSS: National federation of private non-profit social and health organizations (loi 1901) in France. Directly comparable as a federating body advocating for member structures with public authorities — analogous governance and advocacy role at a broader sectoral level.
• Maisons des Adolescents: Federated national network of physical reception centers for adolescents and their families, providing multidisciplinary support on similar themes (mental health, family, sexuality). Highly comparable service model — multidisciplinary teams, free access, regional coverage — and partly overlapping target population.
• Fil Santé Jeunes: National French youth health information and listening service for 12-25 year olds, operated under Santé Publique France. Directly comparable to ANPAEJ as both provide free, confidential, multi-channel (phone, chat) support covering health, sexuality, and psychosocial issues for the same age cohort.
• Association Addictions France: National French non-profit federation addressing addiction prevention and support, including for young people. Comparable as a federating body for prevention services funded by public authorities, with overlap on addiction prevention as one of ANPAEJ's many missions.

Emerging players

• Fondation Santé des Étudiants de France (FSEF): French foundation operating care, rehabilitation, and prevention facilities for young people including students. Comparable in serving youth with psychosocial and health needs, though more clinically oriented; overlapping mental-health prevention mission aligned with CNSJ's advocacy goals.
• Le Refuge: French non-profit supporting young LGBT+ people facing rejection or hardship, with listening helplines and accommodation. Comparable youth-listening and accompaniment model, with narrower but more specialized mission overlapping ANPAEJ's harassment and isolation themes.

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: Large French non-profit delivering a broad portfolio of social, health, and humanitarian services, including youth-focused programs. Operates at much greater scale and breadth than ANPAEJ but shares the loi 1901 non-profit model with public-mission funding and multidisciplinary local teams.
• France Enfants Protégés / 119 (Allô Enfance en Danger): State-backed national helpline for at-risk children and adolescents, offering free 24/7 listening and referral. Comparable as a free, national, telephone-based listening and referral service for youth, but with state operator role versus ANPAEJ's associative federating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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