What Interm'Aide does

Interm'Aide asbl is a non-profit social services organization founded in 2017 and headquartered in Verviers, Belgium. It is approved (agréé) by Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles to operate as a specialized service within the Youth Aid sector, providing temporary foster family placement for children aged 0-18 in family crisis situations. The organization is one of 17 accredited placement services in the Wallonia-Brussels region. Its core offering is short-term foster care with accommodation periods of up to 9 months (an initial 3-month placement renewable twice), delivered through two placement variants: "Reprise de Guidance" (extended family or acquaintances) and "Famille Sélectionnée" (vetted external families), supported by ongoing acompanhamento, training, and parent-child relationship work.

Interm'Aide operates as a regulated intermediary between the child, parents, foster families, and three mandated authorities — Service d'Aide à la Jeunesse (SAJ), Service de Protection de la Jeunesse (SPJ), and Tribunal de la Jeunesse (TJ) — which exclusively originate cases via government mandate. The organization is funded through government allocations from Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles rather than direct fees; foster families receive an indemnity offset against family allowances. Its service portfolio encompasses short-term accommodation, foster family selection (a 2-4 month process), ongoing accompaniment during placement, and reintegration-focused parent support. There is no proprietary technology platform; delivery relies on a multidisciplinary team of 9 staff including a director (Séverine LAMBET), psychologist (Viviane Ortmans), social workers (Emma Gohy, Margaux NOEL), and secretary (Christine VINASSA).

The go-to-market model is community-led rather than commercial: prospective foster families are recruited through monthly information sessions, regional events (e.g., Beau Vélo Ravel cycling tour), and high-visibility partnerships such as the +Pacte Endiablé campaign with the Belgian Red Devils national football team and the SAAF-led familledaccueil.be portal. The organization is affiliated with the Fédération des Services de Placement Familial, the collective body representing the region's 17 placement services. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and there is no equity funding, M&A activity, or AI/ML capability embedded in the service delivery model.

Name

Interm'Aide

Legal name

Interm'Aide asbl

Website

https://intermaide.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Interm'Aide asbl is a Belgian non-profit, approved by Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, providing temporary foster family placement for children aged 0-18 in family crisis. Funded by government mandates from SAJ, SPJ, and TJ, it operates as an intermediary among children, parents, foster families, and regional authorities in Wallonia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Verviers

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government-funded social services: Interm'Aide is a non-profit organization (asbl) approved by Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, operating within the Youth Aid sector. Services are funded through government mandates from authorized authorities (SAJ, SPJ, TJ) rather than direct customer payments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Interm'Aide is a non-profit (asbl) specialized Youth Aid service, approved by the Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, providing short-term foster family placement for children aged 0-18 in family crisis situations. Placements last an initial 3-month period, renewable twice (up to 9 months maximum), and operate under mandates from government authorities (SAJ, SPJ, Tribunal de la Jeunesse), with two placement modalities: 'Reprise de Guidance' (extended family) and 'Famille Sélectionnée' (vetted external families).

Product overview

Interm'Aide is a specialized social service organization approved by the Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, providing temporary foster family placement for children aged 0-18 in family crisis situations. The core offering is short-term accommodation (up to 9 months), acting as an intermediary between children, parents, foster families, and mandated authorities (SAJ, SPJ, TJ). The service encompasses two placement types: 'Reprise de Guidance' (placement with extended family) and 'Famille Sélectionnée' (external foster family), supplemented by support services for children, parents, and foster families, including relationship accompaniment, evaluation, and reintegration preparation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accueil Familial à Court Terme (Short-Term Foster Family Placement)

Quantifiable outcome

• Short-term foster care placements of 3 months, renewable twice for maximum 9 months duration
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• SAAF (Service d'Accompagnement et d'Accueil Familial)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaborative partner in fostering awareness about foster family services. Launched new comprehensive website at familledaccueil.be providing information about all foster family services in Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles.
• Diables Rouges (Belgian National Football Team)flagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2017National partnership through +Pacte Endiablé campaign launched in 2017. The Belgian Red Devils commit to finding warm foster families for 600 children in difficulty. Partnership includes visibility campaigns, Minidevils recruitment initiatives, and public awareness events.
• Administration de l'Aide à la JeunessecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Government administration overseeing youth aid services in Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles. Collaborates on foster family events and policy initiatives.
• Fédération des Services de Placement FamilialcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Federation of foster family placement services in Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles. Interm'Aide is affiliated with this federation representing 17 placement services. Collaborates on recruitment campaigns and events.
• Fédération Wallonie BruxellescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary regulatory and funding body that approves and funds Interm'Aide as a specialized service in the Youth Aid sector. Provides operational framework and oversight for foster family placement services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Catch22: UK social business operating fostering, residential care, and youth justice services on government contracts. Comparable business model — local placement services funded by statutory authorities — and a useful scale benchmark for what a regional placement operator could grow into.
• Barnardo's: One of the UK's largest children's charities, running fostering and adoption services alongside broader child welfare programs. Provides a useful comparable for what a scaled, multi-service child welfare nonprofit looks like — relevant for benchmarking Interm'Aide's potential service expansion paths.
• BrightSpring Health Services: US diversified home and community-based services provider whose portfolio includes youth foster care, behavioral health, and family support. Comparable in operating model — government-funded social services delivered through a regional branch network — though at substantially greater scale and broader service scope.
• National Fostering Agency: UK independent fostering agency providing short-term, long-term, and emergency placements to local authorities. Highly relevant peer in terms of core placement service and reliance on government referrals, though operating at significantly greater scale than Interm'Aide.
• Sevita Health (formerly The MENTOR Network): Large US provider of home- and community-based services including foster care, behavioral health, and youth programs. Operates a national network of placement services under government contract — illustrates the scaled end-state for what Interm'Aide's service could become through acquisition-led growth.
• Action for Children: UK charity operating fostering services, children's homes, and family support programs across Britain. Comparable to Interm'Aide in its core fostering mission, but at vastly greater scale and with a much broader service portfolio under government contract.
• Croix-Rouge de Belgique (Belgian Red Cross): Large Belgian humanitarian organization with youth and family support programs including'accueil familial' activities. While much broader in scope than Interm'Aide, it operates adjacent family-based child welfare services within the same regulatory environment and competes for a share of the same FWB-approved mandate pool.

Others

• Fédération des Services de Placement Familial: Industry federation representing the 17 FWB-approved foster family placement services, of which Interm'Aide is a member. Functions as the sector's collective bargaining and representation body rather than a direct operator, but is the institutional umbrella through which Interm'Aide coordinates with peers.

Direct peers

• SAAF (Service d'Accompagnement et d'Accueil Familial): Belgian foster family accompaniment and support service operating within the same FWB Aide à la Jeunesse framework. Explicitly named as a collaborative partner of Interm'Aide and operates the familledaccueil.be portal providing a near-identical set of services to host families and children in difficulty.
• SOS Villages d'Enfants Belgium: Belgian arm of the international SOS Children's Villages network providing alternative family-based care for children who cannot live with their parents. Operates village-style foster family communities in Belgium under the same child welfare mandate, addressing the same 0-18 crisis-placement population as Interm'Aide.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Intermaide-569373443132192
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/interm'aide

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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