IN VIA St. Lioba gGmbH

What IN VIA St. Lioba gGmbH does

IN VIA St. Lioba gGmbH is a Catholic-affiliated non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, operating since 1975 under the Caritas umbrella. The organization delivers a portfolio of interconnected social services across four core lines: vocational rehabilitation and integration training for people with disabilities (financed by the Agentur für Arbeit and Jobcenter); youth welfare services including residential groups for unaccompanied minor foreigners and ambulatory family support funded by the Jugendamt; the Eltern-Kind-Initiative (ELKI) mother-child facility and the Paderborner Haus der Familie counseling hub funded under BMAS/ESF Plus; and Gartenbau St. Lioba, an inclusion landscaping business employing people with and without disabilities. The organization has approximately 80 employees, one subsidiary (Auf dem Weg für Inklusion gGmbH), and is led by Managing Director Christoph Klausing.

The company's technology footprint is modest but includes an award-winning Virtual Reality training application developed with UNITY Consulting & Innovation, enabling vocational rehabilitation trainees to practice examination-relevant tasks in woodwork and painting within a virtual environment — recognized with the 2022 Hermann Schmidt Prize Sonderpreis from Innovative Berufsbildung e.V. It also uses pedagogical tools such as the Ressourcenboard (a client resource-network visualization) and Monodrama (a psychodrama-based therapeutic method). Distribution is institutional rather than commercial: participants are referred through government agencies (Agentur für Arbeit, Jobcenter, Jugendamt), while the landscaping division acquires SMB and private customers directly within Paderborn.

The business model is government-funded for the social services portfolio (statutory funding under SGB VIII, SGB II, SGB XII, plus project funding from BMAS and ESF Plus) and transaction-fee for the landscaping subsidiary. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Operating geographies are strictly limited to Paderborn and Kreis Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the company maintains an active earned-media presence via WDR coverage and annual community events such as the Josefstag action day.

Name

IN VIA St. Lioba gGmbH

Legal name

IN VIA St. Lioba gGmbH

Website

https://invia-stlioba.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IN VIA St. Lioba gGmbH is a Catholic non-profit social enterprise in Paderborn, Germany, delivering vocational rehabilitation, youth welfare, family support, and an inclusive landscaping business, funded primarily by government agencies and serving approximately 80 employees' worth of vulnerable populations across Kreis Paderborn.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare and Vocational Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Benefits Counseling & Financial Literacy for Transition-Age Youth (EDAKANAJ)

Keywords

• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Youth welfare residential care
• Family social support
• Inclusive landscaping services
• Non-profit social enterprise

Headquarters

HQ city

Paderborn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government-funded vocational rehabilitation programs: Since 1975, IN VIA St. Lioba conducts vocational integration training programs financed by the Agentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency) or the Jobcenter. Programs include Reha-BvB (rehabilitation vocational preparation), cooperative rehabilitation training, integrative rehabilitation training, and career exploration activities.
2. Youth welfare services (Jugendamt-funded): Stationary and ambulatory child and youth welfare services are financed by the youth welfare office (Jugendamt), including the Eltern-Kind-Initiative (ELKI) under §§ 19, 27 SGB VIII, social-pedagogical family assistance (§31 SGB VIII), residential groups for unaccompanied minor foreigners (umA), and an independence preparation group.
3. EU/Government project funding: The 'Paderborner Haus der Familie' project is funded under the AktiF Plus program by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) and the European Union via the European Social Fund Plus (ESF Plus). Additional project funding came from Stiftung Wohlfahrt NRW for the VR rehabilitation training initiative.
4. Commercial landscaping and gardening services: The Gartenbau St. Lioba operation provides fee-for-service landscaping and garden maintenance to private, commercial, and public customers in and around Paderborn. Revenue is generated through service contracts and one-time project engagements at market rates.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IN VIA St. Lioba gGmbH is a Catholic non-profit social enterprise that delivers vocational rehabilitation and qualification training (since 1975), residential and ambulatory youth welfare services, family support and counseling, and an inclusive garden/landscaping business (Gartenbau St. Lioba). Services are primarily financed by the Agentur für Arbeit, Jobcenter, Jugendamt, and EU/ESF Plus grants, with landscaping fees charged at market rates to private, commercial, and public clients in the Paderborn region.

Product overview

IN VIA St. Lioba gGmbH operates as a Catholic social enterprise in Paderborn offering a portfolio of interconnected social services. The organization provides family support through its Eltern-Kind-Initiative (ELKI) for mother-child care and Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe (SPFH) for outpatient family assistance; youth housing through umA residential groups for unaccompanied minor refugees and Verselbstständigungsgruppen for young adults; and inclusive employment through Gartenbau St. Lioba, a garden and landscaping business integrating workers with and without disabilities. Additional offerings include the Paderborner Haus der Familie family counseling hub, specialized pedagogical tools such as the Ressourcenboard for client resource visualization, and Monodrama therapeutic sessions. The organization also conducted vocational training programs and a Virtual Reality training initiative for rehabilitation education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Virtual Reality rehabilitation training enables practice of examination-relevant work procedures without physical materials, saving resources and enabling training during pandemic conditions

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IN VIA PaderborncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023IN VIA Paderborn is a key strategic partner in the 'Paderborner Haus der Familie' project, jointly established to strengthen families in the Paderborn district. The project serves as a central point of contact for families seeking to optimize their living conditions.
• Caritasverband PaderborncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Caritasverband Paderborn co-implements the 'Paderborner Haus der Familie' initiative, contributing to family counseling and support services for families at risk of social exclusion in the Paderborn area.
• GPDM die BildungsarchitektencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023GPDM die Bildungsarchitekten participates as a co-implementing partner in the 'Paderborner Haus der Familie' project, providing educational architecture expertise for family support interventions.
• LWL Inklusionsamt ArbeitcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019In collaboration with LWL Inklusionsamt Arbeit, IN VIA St. Lioba founded the Haus- und Gartenwerkstatt as an integration department at the beginning of 2019. This partnership enables the creation of inclusive employment for people with and without disabilities in various professional fields.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IN VIA Paderborn: Sister Catholic social services organization under the IN VIA umbrella, co-implementing the Paderborner Haus der Familie project with IN VIA St. Lioba. Operates in the same regional catchment with overlapping youth welfare and family support mandates.
• Caritasverband Paderborn: The regional Caritas federation, co-implementing family support projects with IN VIA St. Lioba and operating a comparable portfolio of youth welfare, family assistance, and social services across Paderborn.
• Lebenshilfe Paderborn: Regional disability services organization in Paderborn offering vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, and family support for people with disabilities. Direct competitor for disability-related contracts and referrals.

Broad incumbents

• Diakonie Deutschland: Protestant counterpart to Caritas, operating youth welfare, family support, vocational rehabilitation, and inclusion services nationwide through regional affiliates. Competes for the same Jugendamt and Agentur für Arbeit contracts.
• AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt): Major German welfare confederation providing youth and family services, including residential youth care and family support, comparable in mission and funding sources to IN VIA St. Lioba's offerings.
• LWL-Berufsbildung NRW: Provider network under the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe umbrella operating vocational training and rehabilitation programs for people with disabilities in NRW. Already a named partner (LWL Inklusionsamt Arbeit) and a structural peer in the regional rehabilitation ecosystem.
• Caritas Deutschland: National Catholic welfare confederation of which IN VIA St. Lioba is an affiliate member. Operates the broader Caritas network of social services, hospitals, and vocational rehabilitation providers across Germany.
• IN VIA Deutschland: National federation of IN VIA chapters providing youth social work, vocational training, and migration-related services. IN VIA St. Lioba is one of the regional member organizations.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/in_via_st_lioba
• Facebookfacebook.com/INVIAStLioba
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/in-via-st-lioba-ggmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/in_via_st_lioba

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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