AssTRA

What AssTRA does

AssTRA (Association Tutélaire Rhône-Alpes), founded 20 March 1992 under French law of 1 July 1901, is a state-licensed not-for-profit association headquartered at 1 rue Gabriel Ladevèze, Rillieux-la-Pape, providing judicial protection services to adults with altered physical, mental, or behavioral capacities in the Rhône department. It operates under a formal agréage issued in 2010 authorizing accompaniment of up to 1,260 Personnes Protégées, with mandates issued by the tribunaux of Lyon, Villeurbanne, and Villefranche-sur-Saône. Services span four interconnected lines: Mesures de protection (tutelle, curatelle, sauvegarde de justice, habilitation familiale), the Développement du Pouvoir d'Agir empowerment program launched in 2021, the ISTF (Information et Soutien aux Tuteurs Familiaux) family-tutor advisory service jointly operated with GRIM, ATMP69, and UDAF69, and a HAS-aligned quality management system with internal evaluations and user expression groups. Delivery runs through three sites — Rillieux-la-Pape (siège associatif since 2006), Lyon Gerland (since May 2021), and Grigny — with ~33 operational staff including délégués mandataires, assistantes, and site responsables operating at a ratio of ~60 measures per delegate.

The association is funded primarily through departmental social-services budgets for state-mandated protection measures, with Personnes Protégées contributing proportionally to their resources under decree n°2020-1684 and the state advancing costs for prosecutor-initiated measures. The ISTF service is delivered free of charge to beneficiaries under departmental mandate. There is no proprietary technology platform; AssTRA uses standard social-sector IT for case management, document handling, and communications, and Google Analytics for website audience measurement (per mentions légales). The technology stack is intentionally lightweight and not a competitive vector; competitive differentiation rests on regulatory license, embedded partner ecosystem (FNAT federation membership, UTRA PJM, SOLIHA housing, GVSSL/CLSM local networks), and the autonomy-focused DPA methodology rather than on software or AI capabilities.

Governance is exercised by a volunteer Conseil d'Administration of 10 members under President Philippe Guillaumaud, with day-to-day direction by Directrice Anne-Aymone Crastes (since September 2019, replacing M. Breysse). AssTRA joined the FNAT national ethical reflection group (GREF) in September 2025, reflecting investment in national-level ethical discourse rather than commercial expansion. The operating geography is strictly regional (Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), and there is no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed shareholders, no equity funding, and no plans for expansion beyond the agréage boundary; growth is constrained by the 1,260-person license cap and per-measure tariff regulation rather than by market demand.

Name

AssTRA

Legal name

AssTRA (Association Tutélaire Rhône-Alpes)

Website

https://asstra.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AssTRA (Association Tutélaire Rhône-Alpes) is a French not-for-profit founded in 1992 that delivers court-mandated judicial protection (tutelle, curatelle, sauvegarde de justice) to up to 1,260 Protected Persons in the Rhône department through three sites, with a 2021-launched empowerment program and a joint family-tutor advisory service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rillieux-la-Pape

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Protection Services Funding: State-mandated services funded through departmental social services budgets. Protected persons participate in financing their protection measure proportionally to their resources (calculated per decree n° 2020-1684). The state advances costs when measures are opened at the prosecutor's request.
2. ISTF Information Services: Free support service for family tutors, delivered in partnership with ATMP69, UDAF69, and GRIM. Operated under departmental mandate without direct charge to beneficiaries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AssTRA is a French nonprofit association that delivers court-mandated judicial protection services (tutelle, curatelle, sauvegarde de justice, habilitation familiale, and special mandates) for adults under legal protection in the Rhône department, currently serving 1,260 Personnes Protégées. It supplements these protection measures with an empowerment program (Développement du Pouvoir d'Agir), a free information and support service for family tutors (ISTF), and a HAS-aligned quality management system.

Product overview

AssTRA is a single, unified social/medical-social service organization providing judicial protection services for legally protected persons (Personnes Protégées) in the Rhône department. The core offering consists of four interconnected services: Mesures de protection (judicial protection measures including guardianship, curatorship, and legal protection), Développement du Pouvoir d'Agir (empowerment program supporting autonomy), Information et Soutien aux Tuteurs Familiaux (ISTF) (family guardian support), and Démarche qualité (quality management). These services operate across three sites (Rillieux-la-Pape, Lyon Gerland, and Grigny) with a combined capacity of 1,260 protected persons. AssTRA is not a technology or software company; all services are delivered through professional social work, legal guidance, and direct person-to-person support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mesures de protection (Judicial Protection Measures) Core court-mandated judicial protection measures including tutelle d'État, tutelles en gérance, tutelles des majeurs incapables, curatelles, tutelles aux prestations familiales, sauvegarde de justice, mandats spéciaux, and habilitation familiale, delivered by delegate mandataires to legally protected persons in the Rhône department.
• Développement du Pouvoir d'Agir (Empowerment Program)

Quantifiable outcome

• 1260 Personnes Protégées currently served (2024)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• FNAT (Fédération Nationale des Associations Tutélaires)coreOthers · 1 September 2025AssTRA joins FNAT's Ethical Reflection Group (GREF) from September 2025. GREF includes academics, jurists, service directors, delegates, administrators, judges, psychiatrists, ethicists, and philosophers working to promote ethics in judicial protection measures.
• GRIM, ATMP, SAAJESsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Four tutelary associations co-organized round table on 'HAS Recommendation and Development of Agency' during SNPJM, with Centre Max Weber, Conf Cap Droit, and Lyon 3 University. Approximately 100 participants including 20% concerned persons.
• AMAHCsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 February 2024Training partnership for 'Ambassador of Mutual Aid' program. Five protected persons from AssTRA participated in training to learn public speaking, peer support, and social connection. Marie-Céline Mayoud and Mathilde Canet provided complementary expertise as trainer and peer trainer.
• Cabinet NéorizonssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Consulting engagement for 2024 organizational reflection. 10-month process involving all professionals to analyze practices and generate recommendations for future organization changes in 2025.
• SOLIHA Rhône et Grand LyoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2023Housing partnership to help protected persons improve living conditions: thermal comfort, home adaptation for independent living. Joint actions to identify housing solutions and available financial aid. Cooperative approach benefiting vulnerable persons through combined expertise.
• GRIM, ATMP69, UDAF69coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010ISTF (Information and Support for Family Tutors) device jointly operated by four associations in the Rhône. Shared tribunal presence, telephone helpline (0800 808 031), and site consultations. Collective information meetings organized several times yearly.
• GVSSL de GivorssupportingOthersPermanent membership in local health and social network for Givors territory, representing tutelary services in collegial and partnership bodies.
• CLSM de CaluiresupportingOthersPermanent membership in local mental health committee for Caluire, representing service and sector in collegial and partnership instances.
• UTES du RhônesupportingOthersActive participation in local mental health networks and coordination committees for elderly care (CLIC) across various municipalities.
• Centre Max WebersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for round table events and ethical reflection. University Lyon 3 collaboration for research and professional development in legal protection sector.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• FNAT (Fédération Nationale des Associations Tutélaires): National federation of which AssTRA is a member. FNAT coordinates policy, ethics (via GREF), and training across the MJPM sector. Member organizations collectively represent the institutional reference point for tutorship associations nationwide.
• Croix-Marine: National federation of associations providing social, medico-social, and health services including mental health support and judicial protection measures. Operates overlapping mandate protection services with broader mental health portfolio.
• UNAPEI (Union Nationale des Associations de Parents et Amis de Personnes Handicapées Mentales): National federation representing associations for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Many UNAPEI member organizations provide mandataire judiciaire services as part of broader disability support portfolios, overlapping significantly with AssTRA's protected person population.

Direct peers

• GRIM (Groupement Régional d'Insertion et de Maintien): Co-partner in the ISTF service with shared tribunal presence and telephone helpline (0800 808 031). Provides complementary tutorship and social integration services for protected persons in the Rhône department.
• ATMP69 (Association Tutélaire des Majeurs Protégés du Rhône): Co-partner in the ISTF service (since 2010) and directly comparable Rhône-based mandataire judiciaire association. Provides judicial protection measures for adults under the same departmental agréement framework as AssTRA.
• UDAF du Rhône (Union Départementale des Associations Familiales): Direct partner in the joint ISTF service (since 2010) and fellow provider of family tutor advisory and judicial protection services in the Rhône department. Operates overlapping mandataire judiciaire functions with shared referral pathways through tribunal offices.

Emerging players

• France Tutelle: Private commercial MJPM service provider offering family guardian support and judicial protection measures. Represents a more market-driven alternative model to AssTRA's nonprofit associative structure, occasionally competing for departmental agréement.

Others

• SOLIHA Rhône et Grand Lyon: Strategic housing partner (since December 2023) supporting home adaptation and independent living for protected persons. Adjacent enabling partner rather than direct competitor; provides complementary housing services that extend AssTRA's protection mandate scope.
• Centre Max Weber (UMR 5283, CNRS / Lyon 2): Academic partner of AssTRA through ethical reflection and research collaborations in the legal protection sector. Adjacent rather than competing; provides thought leadership and HAS-aligned research that informs AssTRA's Développement du Pouvoir d'Agir methodology.

Regional players

• ADAPEI Rhône: Departmental association for friends and families of intellectually disabled persons in the Rhône. Provides complementary protection measure services for a more disability-focused population segment, sharing the same departmental jurisdiction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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