Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen

What Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen does

Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen (LSFVP) is a Dutch nonprofit foundation (Stichting) headquartered in Utrecht that provides support, advice, mediation, and complaints-procedure assistance to family members and close relatives of mental health patients in the Netherlands. The organization is the national body charged with delivering family trust person services under the Wet verplichte ggz (Wvggz), the Dutch Compulsory Mental Health Care Act, which grants families of patients in compulsory care a statutory right to such support. It was founded in 2010 and operates with 21 employees serving a national footprint through a central bureau (030-271 23 18, [email protected]) and a 0900-3332222 helpline.

The foundation runs two distinct branches. Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen Wvggz (familievertrouwenspersonenwvggz.nl) supports families of patients subject to a care authorization (zorgmachtiging) or crisis measure (crisismaatregel), or admitted to facilities where compulsory care is delivered, and provides training and advice to ggz professionals on family involvement in treatment. Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen PLUS (familievertrouwenspersonen.plus) extends the same support model to families of patients receiving voluntary care at ggz-instellingen that hold a formal agreement with the foundation, and additionally serves municipalities and social-domain organizations. The core "technology" is a human-delivered service delivered by family trust persons, supported by two segmented web portals and a national telephone routing system that directs users to the correct branch based on whether care is compulsory or voluntary.

The business model is that of a publicly funded statutory services provider rather than a commercial enterprise. Services are provided free of charge to families; for the Wvggz branch the service is a legal right, and for the PLUS branch service delivery depends on contractual agreements with ggz-instellingen. Funding flows from the Dutch government under the Wvggz framework, with no disclosed pricing, no disclosed revenue or operating budget, and no disclosed funding rounds, investors, or ownership structure. Customer segments span individual families and close relatives (primary), ggz professionals and mental health institutions (referral and contracting partners), and municipalities and social-domain organizations (PLUS-program recipients). The go-to-market is community- and referral-led, driven by the statutory duty of ggz-instellingen to inform patients and families about family trust person services, by direct outreach through the websites and helpline, and by contracted delivery through ggz-instellingen partnerships.

Name

Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen

Legal name

Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen

Website

https://familievertrouwenspersonen.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen is a Dutch nonprofit foundation providing statutory support, advice, and mediation to families of mental health patients across the Netherlands, operating under the Wet verplichte ggz with 21 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Family Support Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAC

Family & Parenting Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYHSABAIAI

Family Caregiver Coaching, Education & Support

Home & Personal Services/Elder Care & In-Home Care Services/Care Coordination & Geriatric Care Management

Keywords

• Family support services
• Mental health advocacy
• Patient relative counseling
• Compulsory care mediation
• Social domain support

Headquarters

HQ city

Netherlands

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Funded through the Wet verplichte ggz (Wvggz) - Compulsory Mental Health Care Act. The organization provides statutory support services to family members of patients in compulsory care, which is mandated by Dutch law. Funding appears to be government-provided as the service is a legal right under the Wvggz.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen is a Dutch nonprofit foundation that deploys trained family trust persons to support relatives of mental health (ggz) patients. It operates two programs: the Wvggz program serves families of patients in compulsory mental health care (statutory right under the Wet verplichte ggz), while the PLUS program serves families of patients in voluntary care, as well as municipalities and social domain professionals. Services include emotional support, information and advice, mediation between family and treatment providers, assistance with complaints procedures, and training for professionals on family involvement in treatment.

Product overview

Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen operates as a two-branch organization providing support services to family members and relatives of mental health patients. The core offering consists of two distinct programs: Landelijke Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen (Wvggz) for relatives of patients in compulsory care under the Wet verplichte ggz, and Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen PLUS for relatives of patients in voluntary mental health care. Family trust persons provide counseling, information, advice, mediation between family and treatment providers, and assistance with complaints procedures.

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Functional benefit

Brands

• Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen Wvggz: Branch focused on relatives of ggz patients in mandatory care under the Wet verplichte ggz (Wvggz), providing support when a care authorization or crisis measure applies.
• Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen PLUS

Products and services

• Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen Wvggz Provides support and advice to relatives of mental health patients in compulsory care under the Wet verplichte ggz (Wvggz) law. Supports family members when a care authorization (zorgmachtiging) or crisis measure (crisismaatregel) is in place or being prepared, including when a relative is admitted to a facility where compulsory care is delivered. Family trust persons think along, provide information and advice, mediate between family and treatment providers, and assist with complaints procedures. Also serves ggz professionals seeking information about the Wvggz and the family trust persons.
• Stichting Familievertrouwenspersonen PLUS Provides support to relatives of mental health patients receiving voluntary treatment or guidance at ggz-instellingen that have an agreement with the foundation. Also serves municipalities and social domain professionals, and ggz-instellingen seeking collaboration with family trust persons. Family trust persons advise on involving families in treatment and on building effective, respectful collaboration between patient, treatment provider, and family.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ggz-instellingen (Mental health institutions)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMental health institutions are key distribution partners for family trust person services. Under Wvggz, these institutions are required to inform patients and families about family trust person services. For the PLUS program (voluntary care), services are only available at institutions that have a formal agreement with the organization.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Trimbos-instituut: The Trimbos-instituut is the Dutch national knowledge centre for mental health and addiction, producing research, training and implementation support. It is not a direct family-support provider but operates adjacent to LSFVP through mental-health training and policy work.
• MantelzorgNL: MantelzorgNL is the Dutch national association for informal caregivers, providing information, lobbying, and support across all caregiver categories. It is broader than LSFVP but is also referenced on the LSFVP portal as a referral for non-ggz family-caregiver needs.

Direct peers

• Korrelatie: Korrelatie runs a Dutch confidential, anonymous mental-health support line staffed by trained peer supporters — a comparable helpline-based support function to LSFVP's 0900 information and support number for ggz families.
• Naasten in Kracht: Naasten in Kracht is a Dutch family-support network for relatives of people with mental-health issues, offering peer-support groups and information. It is referenced on the LSFVP portal as a referral, making it a directly adjacent peer in family peer-support for mental illness.
• MIND Landelijk Platform Psychische Gezondheid: MIND is a Dutch national platform and advocacy organisation focused on people with mental health conditions and their families. It runs peer-support programs and awareness campaigns comparable in mission to LSFVP's family-support work.
• Stichting Labyrinth: Stichting Labyrinth is a Dutch nonprofit supporting families and individuals dealing with mental-health challenges through peer-support and experiential expertise — overlapping LSFVP's family-advocacy and support role.
• Ypsilon: Ypsilon is a Dutch association for family members and close relatives of people with psychotic disorders, providing peer-driven support, information and advocacy — directly comparable to LSFVP's family-focused support and advocacy mission in Dutch mental healthcare.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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