Résonance

What Résonance does

Association Résonance is a French non-profit (association loi 1901) recognized as a public utility since 14 October 1893, operating in the social and medico-social sector in Alsace (Haut-Rhin). It serves vulnerable children, adolescents, families, parents, and persons with disabilities through a vertically integrated network of seven operational poles: Pôle Prévention Jeune Enfant, Pôle Petite Enfance, Pôle Enfance, Pôle Adolescence, Pôle Parentalité & Insertion, Pôle Handicap, and Pôle Accueil et Loisirs. Services include residential care (MECS Home Saint-Jean, Centre Maternel Caroline Binder), day care facilities (MAS Adélaïde Hautval, Au fil de l'Autre, Pain d'Epices), early intervention units (TSA Brin d'éveil, UEEP Maurice Barrès), parental support (CPERD, LAEP Bout d'ficelle and La cabane d'Orka), and housing/semi-autonomous support for adolescents. Operations span Colmar, Mulhouse, Munster, Kaysersberg, and Orbey.

The organization has no proprietary technology platform; it is a service-delivery association funded almost exclusively through public institutional channels. Its revenue model is essentially managed-services paid via government contracts and grants: ARS Grand Est (regional health agency) authorizes and funds disability services, the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace (CeA) funds child protection and parental support, and the Caisse d'Allocations Familiales (CAF) co-finances early childhood services. The consolidated operating budget exceeded €20.5 million as of the 2023 fiscal year, supporting approximately 300 professionals. There are no direct consumer payments — beneficiaries are routed through institutional referrals (ASE, PMI, MDPH, magistrates, municipalities).

Résonance is governed by a volunteer Conseil d'Administration led by President Guy Zolger (Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, 2023), with Sophie Dintinger as Directrice Générale and Philippe Favre as Directeur Général Adjoint. The 30+ volunteer association "Les amis de Caroline et Gustave" provides community fundraising and engagement. Recent strategic activity (2021–2026) has focused on launching innovative service lines (TSA unit, UEEP, CPERD, MAS Adélaïde Hautval) and acquiring real estate (Chemin des Confins, end-2025).

Name

Résonance

Legal name

Association Résonance

Website

https://resonance.alsace

Company type

Private

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Association Résonance is a 140-year-old French public-utility non-profit operating seven integrated social and medico-social service poles in Alsace, serving vulnerable children, families, and persons with disabilities through publicly funded residential, day-care, and early-intervention programs.

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Product category

Social and Medico-Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110), Child and Youth Services (62411), Child Care Services (62441), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Down Syndrome & Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Childcare (HSAAAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Support & Positive Behavior Intervention Childcare (HSAAAIAF), Live-In Special Needs & Inclusive Childcare (HSAAAEAJ), Mental Health & Emotional/Trauma-Informed Childcare (anxiety, PTSD) (HSAAAIAI), Family Coaching, Parent-Mediated & Home Visiting EI Services (EDACAFAJ), Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ), Personal Care & ADL Assistance (bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility) (HLADAGAA)

Keywords

• Child protection services
• Family social support
• Disability care services
• Early childhood programs
• Medico-social association

Headquarters

HQ city

Logelbach (Wintzenheim)

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and institutional grants: As a recognized public utility association (reconnue d'utilité publique since 1893), Résonance operates primarily through government and institutional funding from ARS Grand Est (regional health agency) and the Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace (CeA). Services are financed through social and health insurance mechanisms, social welfare contracts, and departmental child protection funding.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Association Résonance operates a portfolio of social and medico-social services across 7 operational poles in Alsace, providing prevention, reception, protection, housing, accompaniment, and support services for children, adolescents, parents, families, and people with disabilities. Services include residential care (MECS Home Saint-Jean), mother-and-child centers (Centre Maternel Caroline Binder), day care for adults with polyhandicap (MAS Adélaïde Hautval), early intervention for autism (Unité TSA Brin d'éveil), inclusive education (UEEP), drop-in parent-child spaces (LAEP Bout d'ficelle and La cabane d'Orka), and innovative experimental parental support (CPERD). Operations span Colmar, Mulhouse, Munster, Kaysersberg, and Orbey in the Haut-Rhin department, serving approximately 300 professionals' worth of capacity on a consolidated budget exceeding €20.5 million.

Product overview

Résonance is a social and medico-social association operating 7 operational poles offering protection, prevention, accommodation, and support services for children, adolescents, parents, families, and people with disabilities. The organization provides a portfolio of specialized services organized by department: Prevention/Early Childhood poles offering Lieux d'Accueil Enfants Parents (LAEP) drop-in centers; the Enfance pole managing the Home Saint-Jean residential facility; the Parentalité & Insertion pole providing the Centre Maternel, CPERD, and housing integration services; the Handicap pole operating the MAS Adélaïde Hautval day facility and the TSA Brin d'éveil unit; and Adolescence and Reception/Leisure poles. Services operate primarily in the Haut-Rhin region around Colmar and Mulhouse, with approximately 300 professionals serving beneficiaries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MAS de jour « Adélaïde Hautval »: Maison d'Accueil Spécialisée de jour dédiée à l'accompagnement d'adultes en situation de polyhandicap, inaugurée en 2026.
• Unité TSA « Brin d'éveil »
• Îlot Familles
• CPERD
• Accueil de jour « Au fil de l'Autre »
• UEEP Maurice Barrès
• LAEP « Bout d'ficelle »
• LAEP « La cabane d'Orka »

Quantifiable outcome

• 140 years of continuous service as a public utility association in Alsace
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ARS Grand Est (Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026ARS Grand Est is the key institutional funder and partner for Résonance's disability services. ARS was represented at the inauguration of the MAS de jour 'Adélaïde Hautval' by Constance Utz (Cheffe du service Autonomie) and Adèle Erny (Correspondante des établissements médico-sociaux du Haut-Rhin). ARS reaffirmed its commitment alongside medico-social actors to develop adapted support services.
• Centre de Réadaptation de Mulhouse (CRM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 February 2024A partnership convention was signed between Résonance and the Centre de Réadaptation de Mulhouse to strengthen Résonance's disability employment policy. The CRM will train and place future employees and trainees in healthcare (auxiliary nursery nurses, care assistants), administration, IT, and animation professions at Résonance.
• Equi'défisminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 September 2022Equi'défis partnered with the MECS Home Saint-Jean to deliver an equine mediation (équicie) program for children, with 20 sessions planned for the 2022-2023 school year. The program aims to work on relationships between children, promote non-violent communication, improve self-esteem, and develop social skills.
• URIOPSS Grand-EstminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 January 2022URIOPSS Grand-Est partnered with Résonance during the presentation of the Projet Associatif 2022-2026 and Charte des professionnels, representing the non-profit health and social sector federation at the national level.
• Collectivité européenne d'Alsace (CeA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCeA is the primary institutional funder and property owner for many of Résonance's sites (previously landlord at Chemin des Confins; Résonance acquired ownership in late 2025). CeA funds the LAEP, CPERD, and other child protection services through calls for projects and ongoing contracts.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• URIOPSS Grand Est: Federation representing private non-profit health and social actors in Grand Est. Not a direct competitor but acts as the sector representative that co-developed Résonance's Projet Associatif 2022-2026 — useful comparable for institutional positioning and benchmarking.
• Fondation Saint-Jean (former separate entity): Historically separate non-profit that merged with Association Caroline Binder to form Résonance. The merged Fondation Saint-Jean now sits within Résonance but historically operated parallel medico-social services in Alsace — useful benchmark for predecessor operating model.

Regional players

• Centre de Réadaptation de Mulhouse (CRM): Rehabilitation and training partner in Mulhouse; signed a partnership convention with Résonance to train and place disabled workers. Adjacent rather than competing, but operationally close to Résonance's disability employment and inclusion agenda.

Broad incumbents

• Association Aurore: Major national association operating social accommodation, family support, and child protection services. Comparable scale and public-funding model; broader geographic reach but less focused on the disability pole that differentiates Résonance.
• OVE (Oeuvre des Villages d'Enfants et des Œuvres d'Éducation): National medico-social association serving children with disabilities, polyhandicap, and autistic children through EEAP/IME-type facilities. Closest national peer to Résonance's Pôle Handicap and integrated child-disability model.
• Apprentis d'Auteuil: Large national foundation operating MECS, family support, and youth inclusion services across France. Competes for departmental contracts and offers overlapping child-protection capability but at much larger national scale.
• Croix-Rouge française: Major national social and health operator running disability facilities, child protection, and family services. Competes for ARS/CeA contracts at much larger scale; relevant comparable for diversified medico-social revenue model.
• SOS Villages d'Enfants: National non-profit operating alternative care for children, including MECS-type services. Comparable on child protection and family support mission; broader geographic footprint but less integrated adult-disability offering.

Direct peers

• Association ALYS: Alsace-based medico-social association operating child protection, family support, and disability services across similar poles. Competes directly with Résonance for CeA calls for projects in the same geography.
• ADAPEI du Haut-Rhin: Regional association in the same Haut-Rhin department serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including polyhandicap. Direct competitor for ARS disability authorizations and parental referrals in the same catchment area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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