Association Le Mail

What Association Le Mail does

Association Le Mail is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2018 and headquartered at 18 rue Beauregard, Amiens, in the Somme department. It delivers a full continuum of addiction prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and social reintegration services through 48 staff and 11+ locations across Amiens, Abbeville, Albert, Péronne, Flixecourt, and Montdidier, plus a mobile unit covering rural areas. Core service lines include CSAPA ambulatoire (outpatient addiction care), CSAPA Hébergement Mixte (residential treatment for adults), Unité Mère-Nourrisson (mother-child residential unit for pregnant women and mothers with children under three), CAARUD La Parenthèse (harm reduction center with sterile equipment, hygiene, and outreach), Appartements de Coordination Thérapeutique (therapeutic housing for chronic illness patients), Consultations Jeunes Consommateurs (15-25 age consultations), L'Unité Mobile (rural outreach vehicle), and Service de Prévention (school and community prevention work). A podcast 'Loin des clichés', produced with Radio Campus Amiens, and an active social media presence extend the organization's awareness and destigmatization efforts.

The business model is grant-funded public service delivery under French regulatory designation as CSAPA, CAARUD, and ACT operator. All services to end users are 100% free, with revenue derived from government healthcare and social service subsidies (primarily via the Agence Régionale de Santé and departmental authorities). There is no commercial pricing model, no patient billing, and no evidence of private-pay revenue streams. The organization maintains a pharmacy partnership network across the Somme department for distribution of harm reduction materials and institutional partnerships with Education Nationale, justice, and social services for referrals and prevention outreach. No technology product or platform is central to the model; service delivery is entirely clinician- and educator-led.

There is no parent company, holding structure, or external investor ownership disclosed; the entity is member-based with downloadable membership forms and statutes. Governance is led by department heads (chefs de service) such as François Manable (CSAPA Hébergement and Mère-Nourrisson) and Nathalie Lucas (ACT), supported by specialized educators, nurses, psychologists, and physicians. The addressable geography is the Somme department, with no international footprint claimed.

Name

Association Le Mail

Legal name

Association Le Mail

Website

https://assoc-lemail.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Association Le Mail is a French non-profit (loi 1901) providing free addiction prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and social reintegration services across the Somme department via 48 staff and 11+ locations including CSAPA, CAARUD, and ACT programs serving individuals, families, and vulnerable populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction Treatment Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

Keywords

• Addiction treatment services
• Harm reduction services
• Substance use prevention
• Outpatient addiction care
• Residential addiction care

Headquarters

HQ city

Amiens

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public/Government Funding: Association Le Mail operates as a non-profit receiving public funding for addiction prevention and treatment services. Services are provided free of charge to patients, funded through government healthcare and social service subsidies.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Association Le Mail provides free, confidential addiction prevention, treatment, and harm reduction services across the Somme department in France. Its core offering spans outpatient care (CSAPA), residential treatment (CSAPA Hébergement Mixte and Unité Mère-Nourrisson), harm reduction (CAARUD La Parenthèse), youth consultations (CJC), mobile rural outreach, therapeutic housing (ACT), and community prevention programs — delivered by multidisciplinary teams and funded through public healthcare subsidies.

Product overview

Association Le Mail operates as a coordinated network of addiction support services in the Somme department, France. The organization offers a continuum of care through distinct but interconnected programs: CSAPA Ambulatoire provides outpatient addiction treatment; CSAPA Hébergement Mixte and Unité Mère-Nourrisson offer residential care for adults and mother-infant pairs; CAARUD La Parenthèse delivers harm reduction services; Appartements de Coordination Thérapeutique (ACT) provide transitional housing with medical coordination; Consultations Jeunes Consommateurs serve youth aged 15-25; L'Unité Mobile extends reach into rural areas; and the Service de Prévention conducts educational outreach. The podcast 'Loin des clichés' shares client stories. All services emphasize confidentiality, free access, and pluridisciplinary team-based care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CSAPA Ambulatoire (Centre de soins, d'accompagnement et de prévention en addictologie) Ambulatory care center providing socio-educational support, psychological care, and medical follow-up for individuals struggling with addiction to licit or illicit substances, gaming, and gambling. Services include medication treatments, referrals, and multiple branch locations throughout the Somme department (Amiens, Abbeville, Albert, Flixecourt, Péronne).
• CSAPA Hébergement Mixte Residential addiction treatment center offering 24/7 care in a shared housing environment for adults with substance dependencies. Provides medical, psychological, and socio-educational support with a maximum stay of one year, including sentence adjustment programs. Located at 89 rue Gaulthier de Rumilly, 80000 Amiens.
• Unité Mère-Nourrisson – CSAPA Specialized mother-infant residential unit for women in late pregnancy or with children under three who face addiction issues. Offers pluridisciplinary support including medical, psychological, and socio-educational care in a home-like setting with garden, accommodating mothers and their children for up to one year.
• CAARUD La Parenthèse (Centre d'Accueil et d'Accompagnement à la Réduction des Risques pour Usagers de Drogues) Harm reduction center providing a welcoming space for drug users in Amiens Saint Leu neighborhood, offering sterile injection equipment, hygiene facilities, health care access, psychological support, meals, rest areas, and rapid diagnostic tests for HIV/HBV/HCV. Operates outreach and mobile services (maraudes) throughout the department.
• Appartements de Coordination Thérapeutique – ACT Therapeutic Coordination Apartments providing temporary furnished housing for adults with chronic illness requiring social support, psychological assistance, and medical follow-up. Residents maintain daily autonomy while receiving coordinated care to stabilize their situation. Located at 31 rue Albéric de Calonne, 80000 Amiens.
• Consultations Jeunes Consommateurs (CJC) Youth consumption consultation service for individuals aged 15-25, providing confidential and free evaluations of cannabis, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, as well as relationship to video games, social media, and screens. Offers meetings with educators, psychologists, and doctors at multiple locations (Amiens, Albert, Abbeville, Montdidier).
• L'Unité Mobile Mobile unit providing a two-office equipped vehicle delivering individual interviews with a psychologist and educator in rural Somme areas. Offers confidential and free multidisciplinary care for addiction-related issues, including voluntary and judicial-mandated consultations, and conducts prevention activities at university areas.
• Service de Prévention Prevention service working with youth, families, and professionals to develop and implement addiction prevention projects. Uses interactive tools including 'Dédale de Vie' exhibition for ages 9-13, 'Dédale Famille' for parents, and 'Info/Intox' game for those 14+, operating across schools, leisure centers, training facilities, and festive environments.

Named customers6 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Radio Campus AmienscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Radio Campus Amiens for podcast production. The podcast 'Loin des clichés' features life stories of people supported by the association, presenting challenges and victories of atypical journeys.
• Pharmacies throughout Somme departmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership network with pharmacies in Amiens and throughout the department for free distribution of sterile injection kits. Partner pharmacies in Amiens include Pharmacie Sainte-Anne, Pharmacie Saint-Leu Notre Dame, Pharmacie Delpech, Pharmacie Saint-Honoré, Pharmacie Hénocq, and Pharmacie de la Citadelle.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Addictions France (formerly ANPAA): Addictions France is the leading French non-profit dedicated to addiction prevention, treatment, and harm reduction, operating a national network of CSAPA centers. It is directly comparable to Association Le Mail in mission, service categories (CSAPA, prevention, harm reduction), and French regulatory framework, but operates at significantly larger national scale.
• AIDES: AIDES is France's principal harm reduction NGO focused on drug users, HIV/HCV, and sexual health, with strong overlap to Le Mail's CAARUD work (sterile equipment distribution, rapid testing, outreach to active drug users). Comparable as a French non-profit delivering harm reduction and public health services free of charge.

Broad incumbents

• Groupe SOS: Groupe SOS is one of France's largest social enterprises, operating hundreds of facilities across health, social services, and addiction care. Comparable as a non-profit social/health services operator in France with addiction programs, but with significantly larger scale and broader portfolio than Le Mail.
• Croix-Rouge française: Croix-Rouge française operates a broad portfolio of health and social services across France including addiction programs, social housing, and harm reduction. Comparable as a major French non-profit health/social services provider, though its scope is far broader than Le Mail's addiction focus.
• Médecins du Monde: Médecins du Monde is a major French-headquartered international health NGO delivering care to vulnerable populations including people with addiction. Comparable as a French non-profit providing free healthcare services to marginalized groups, though operating globally and across many health domains rather than regionally focused on addiction.

Others

• Emmaüs Solidarité: Emmaüs Solidarité is a major French non-profit addressing homelessness and extreme poverty in Paris and beyond, with overlapping client populations (vulnerable individuals often affected by addiction). Comparable as a French non-profit providing free social services to marginalized populations, though focused on housing/homelessness rather than addiction treatment specifically.

Regional players

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) d'Amiens - Service d'Addictologie: The CHU d'Amiens operates an addictology department serving the same Somme department geography as Association Le Mail, providing hospital-based addiction treatment. Comparable as a same-territory provider of addiction care, though operating under a public hospital model rather than community non-profit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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