AVH34

What AVH34 does

AVH34 (Association Vallée de l'Hérault) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded on April 11, 1964, headquartered at 18 avenue de la Gardie, Florensac, France. It operates a portfolio of 12 social and medico-social establishments supporting more than 800 adults with mental, physical, and psychological disabilities across the Hérault department in the Occitanie region, employing 190 staff and spanning 20 territorial units in Agde, Béziers, Clermont-l'Hérault, Florensac, Frontignan, Ganges, Montpellier, Pézenas, and Sète. It is led by Président Jean-François Chatel and Directeur Général Laurent Maitre.

Name

AVH34

Legal name

Association Vallée de l'Hérault

Website

https://avh34.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AVH34 (Association Vallée de l'Hérault) is a French non-profit association founded in 1964 that operates 12 social and medico-social establishments supporting over 800 adults with disabilities across the Hérault department through sheltered employment, residential care, social accompaniment, supported housing, and inclusive housing services funded by public tariffs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social and Medico-Social Services for People with Disabilities

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLADABAJ

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities

SECONDARYHLADAAAE

Independent Living with Supportive Services (Light ADL/IADL Support)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Independent Living Communities

SECONDARYHSABAAAG

Safety Check-Ins, Wellness Calls & Monitoring (Non-Clinical)

Home & Personal Services/Elder Care & In-Home Care Services/Non-Medical Companion Care

Keywords

• Disability social services
• Sheltered employment services
• Medico-social care
• Social accompaniment services
• Supported housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Florensac

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and government subsidies: AVH operates as a regulated social and medico-social association receiving public funding through authorized tariff frameworks overseen by DREETS Occitanie, Conseil Départemental de l'Hérault (CD34), and ARS. Revenue comes from social security and departmental allocations for providing accommodation, employment support, and social assistance services to people with disabilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AVH is a non-profit social and medico-social association managing 12 establishments that provide social, professional, and housing support for adults with mental and/or physical disabilities in the Hérault department of France. Its services span sheltered employment (ESAT, Entreprise Adaptée), residential care (EANM), social accompaniment (SAVS, SAMSAH), supported housing (Résidence Accueil Espoir), family-based reception (Accueil Familial), mutual aid groups (GEM), and inclusive housing (Les Voisins de Ma Résidence), supporting over 800 people with disabilities annually.

Product overview

AVH34 (Association Vallée de l'Hérault) is a social and medico-social association founded in 1964 that manages a portfolio of establishments and services for adults with disabilities. The organization operates a comprehensive ecosystem including ESAT (work assistance establishments), Entreprise Adaptée (adapted enterprises), multiple EANM facilities (non-medicalized reception establishments), SAVS (social life accompaniment services), SAMSAH (medical-social accompaniment services), Accueil Familial (family-based reception), Résidence Accueil Espoir (supported housing), two GEM (mutual aid groups), and Habitat Inclusif (Les Voisins de Ma Résidence). With over 800 persons accompanied across 12 establishments and 20 territorial units, the association provides a continuum of care from vocational integration to housing support and social inclusion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ateliers de la Vallée de l'Hérault: Sheltered workshops operating under ESAT and EA, specializing in metalwork, woodwork, and green space services. Website: avh-ateliers.com
• Les Voisins de Ma Résidence

Products and services

• ESAT (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail) Establishment providing work assistance for people with disabilities, offering professional activities in a protected environment including workshops in metalwork, wood, painting, green spaces, catering, laundry, and cleaning services. Located in Florensac.
• Entreprise Adaptée (EA) Adapted enterprise employing at least 55% workers with disabilities, operating in industrial metalwork and wood production at Florensac, and green space design and maintenance services at Paulhan. Has 50 employees including 38 workers with disabilities.
• EANM Jean Piaget Non-medicalized reception establishment for 44 adults with mental and/or psychological disabilities, offering collective housing (32 residential places), temporary reception, and day care services in Frontignan.
• EANM Ma Résidence Non-medicalized establishment combining collective housing (23 places) and scattered housing (12 individual housing) for adults with mental and/or psychological disabilities, supporting autonomy and social inclusion in Florensac.
• SAVS (Service d'Accompagnement à la Vie Sociale) Social life accompaniment service with 7 antennas supporting 265 adults with mental and/or psychological disabilities across Agde, Béziers, Cœur d'Hérault, Ganges, Montpellier, Pézenas, and Sète.
• SAMSAH (Service d'Accompagnement Médico-Social pour Adultes Handicapés) Medical-social accompaniment service for adults with disabilities, dedicated to those with psychic disabilities, in Béziers (20 places) and Clermont l'Hérault (10 places).
• Accueil Familial Family-based reception service providing social and medical-social follow-up for elderly and/or disabled persons placed with host families, managed in partnership with Hérault Department.
• Résidence Accueil Espoir Supported housing residence with 20 individual furnished apartments for people with stabilized psychic disorders, offering semi-collective living with common spaces in Béziers.
• GEM de Béziers Mutual Aid Group (Groupe d'Entraide Mutuelle) providing a welcoming space for people in psychological fragility, offering activities and social reintegration support in Béziers.
• GEM Lesseps de Montpellier Mutual Aid Group in Montpellier fostering mutual aid, solidarity, and citizen participation among people with psychological fragility.
• Les Voisins de Ma Résidence Inclusive housing project with 10 ground-floor T2 apartments for retired or near-retirement persons with disabilities, offering shared convivial spaces and personalized support in Florensac.

Quantifiable outcome

• 190 employees supporting 800+ people with disabilities across 12 establishments
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered important, core and supportive.

• ACM HabitatimportantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership to create Équipe Mobile Habitat et Accompagnement on Montpellier, providing mobile support services for housing and accompaniment.
• DREETS OccitaniecoreOthersDirection régionale de l'économie, de l'emploi, du travail et des solidarités. Serves as regulatory authority for authorization and control of social and medico-social establishments under the French social action and family code.
• Conseil Départemental de l'Hérault (CD34)coreOthersDepartmental council serving as main funding authority for social services, authorizes and funds SAVS (265 places) and Accueil Familial services through convention.
• ARS OccitaniecoreOthersAgence Régionale de Santé - Regional health agency providing authorization and oversight for health-related social and medico-social services.
• Région OccitaniesupportiveOthersRegional council providing financial support to AVH as part of regional solidarity and social development initiatives.
• Fondation pour le LogementsupportiveOthersFoundation providing financial support for housing-related social initiatives.
• AltradsupportiveOthersIndustrial company providing financial support to AVH. Mentioned in supporters section of website.
• GEM de Béziers (association law 1901)importantOthersGEM de Béziers is a separate law 1901 association of GEM members that organizes collective decision-making and citizenship participation within the mutual aid group. Residents of Résidence Accueil Espoir participate in GEM activities.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Mutualité Française Occitanie: Regional mutual federation operating disability and elderly medico-social services in Occitanie; comparable establishment types within the same broader region but not in Hérault itself.
• ALYS (formerly ARI - Association Régionale pour l'Intégration): Regional medico-social association operating SAVS, SAMSAH, ESAT and Habitat Inclusif across other Occitanie / PACA departments — directly comparable service model but outside AVH's Hérault footprint.

Broad incumbents

• VYV (formerly Harmonie / Covéa Mutualité): Large mutual insurance group with a substantial medico-social division running EHPAD, residences and disability services; competes for the same public tariff authorizations and offers overlapping care models.
• APAJH: National federation of associations providing social and professional inclusion for disabled youth and adults; runs similar medico-social establishments as AVH in multiple regions.
• Croix-Rouge Française: National humanitarian organization operating medico-social establishments (foyers, EHPAD-adjacent, SAVS, SAMSAH) and disability-inclusion programs across France; broader mandate but overlapping service lines.
• Fondation des Amis de l'Atelier: Non-profit foundation operating foyers, MAS, EANM, SAVS and ESAT for disabled persons in multiple French regions; closely mirrors AVH's establishment mix as a portfolio operator.
• LADAPT: National non-profit running ESAT, EA, MAS, FAM and SAMSAH for disabled persons across France. Operates the same medico-social establishment categories as AVH at significantly larger scale.
• France Handicap (ex-APF France Handicap): Largest French association for people with physical disabilities; runs SAMSAH, SAVS, adapted housing and employment services structurally comparable to AVH's portfolio.

Direct peers

• ADAPEI Hérault: Departmental chapter of the French federation supporting people with intellectual disabilities. Operates EANM, FAM, ESAT and SAVS within Hérault, directly overlapping AVH's service mix in the same geography.

Others

• UNAPEI: National federation that coordinates associations like ADAPEI — directly upstream of AVH's peer set — shaping policy and funding frameworks that determine AVH's tariff and authorization environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

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