STEP interkultur gGmbH

What STEP interkultur gGmbH does

STEP interkultur gGmbH is a privately held German limited liability company (gemeinnützige GmbH) founded in May 2015 and headquartered at An der Ziegelei 75, 53757 Sankt Augustin, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company operates as a licensed free youth welfare provider (Träger der freien Jugendhilfe) under SGB VIII, delivering statutory social and therapeutic services to children, adolescents, young adults, and families in Germany. Its service portfolio spans supervised contact visits (§18.3), home-based family therapy (§27), social group work (§29), socio-pedagogical family support (§31), care for unaccompanied foreign minors (§35), integration assistance and school accompaniment for children with disabilities (§35a), and continued support for young adults (§41), supplemented by professional training, supervision, and intercultural counseling. The firm's differentiator is its intercultural, multilingual team, which positions it to serve refugee families and unaccompanied minors from war and crisis areas in addition to German families.

The business model is government-commissioned professional services. Revenue is derived from service agreements with municipal youth welfare offices (Jugendämter) under the German Social Code, with compensation following TVöD-aligned statutory rates rather than market pricing. The go-to-market is sales-led through institutional commissioning channels, with no direct-to-consumer marketing, no application-layer technology, and no disclosed digital or AI-enabled offerings. The organization employs approximately 11 staff and is led by managing director and pedagogical director Gisela Kupper. It is independently owned with no disclosed parent company, venture capital backing, or subsidiary structure, and its operating footprint is confined to a single German state (North Rhine-Westphalia).

Name

STEP interkultur gGmbH

Legal name

STEP interkultur gGmbH

Website

https://step-interkultur.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

STEP interkultur gGmbH is a licensed German youth welfare provider in Sankt Augustin delivering systemic, intercultural social and therapeutic services under SGB VIII to families, unaccompanied minors, and refugees commissioned by municipal Jugendämter.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Engagement & Caregiver Support Programs (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAK), Newcomer & Refugee Student Support Programs (EDAJAGAH), Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH)

Keywords

• Youth welfare services
• Family therapy support
• Social pedagogical services
• Intercultural counseling therapy
• Refugee youth integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Sankt Augustin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Youth Welfare Services: Government-funded youth welfare services commissioned by public youth welfare offices (Jugendämter) under SGB VIII. Revenue is derived from service agreements with municipal authorities for providing youth assistance, family support, and refugee integration services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

STEP interkultur gGmbH delivers youth welfare services under the German Social Code Book VIII (SGB VIII) as a licensed provider (Träger der freien Jugendhilfe). The offering spans supervised contact visits (§18.3), home-based family therapy (§27), social group work (§29), socio-pedagogical family support (§31), care for unaccompanied foreign minors (§35), integration assistance and school accompaniment (§35a), and support for young adults (§41). Service delivery is differentiated by intercultural competence and a systemic therapeutic orientation, with a multilingual team capable of serving German families, unaccompanied minors, and refugee families from war and crisis areas.

Product overview

STEP interkultur gGmbH operates as a provider of free youth welfare services (Träger der freien Jugendhilfe) under SGB VIII, offering a comprehensive portfolio of social services from its location in Sankt Augustin. The organization provides a unified set of interconnected youth welfare services that address the diverse needs of children, youth, families, and unaccompanied minors. Services range from supervised contact (Begleiteter Umgang) and family therapy to social group work, socio-pedagogical family support, care for unaccompanied minors, integration assistance with school accompaniment, and support for young adults transitioning to independence. The core differentiating factor is the organization's intercultural competence and systemic therapeutic approach, with a multilingual team capable of serving both German families and refugee families from war and crisis areas. Additionally, the organization offers professional training, workshops, and supervision services as part of its quality assurance framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Begleiteter Umgang (Supervised Contact)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Flüchtlingshilfe and Migrationsarbeit ProfessionalsminorOthersThe organization maintains networks and cooperates with professionals in refugee aid and migration work. Collaboration is functional for coordinating care and support services for refugee families and unaccompanied minors, though no specific named partners are listed.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• SOS-Kinderdorf: Germany's largest dedicated child and youth welfare organization, running residential and ambulatory SGB VIII services. Comparable because it delivers family-support, integration, and unaccompanied-minor programs under the same statutory framework STEP operates in.
• Plan International Deutschland: INGO active in Germany on child rights, refugee family support, and integration programs for newly arrived children. Relevant peer because its mission and end-client population (refugee children and families) overlap materially with STEP's refugee and UMA service lines.
• Save the Children Deutschland: INGO operating child-protection and refugee family programs in Germany, including work with unaccompanied minors. Comparable to STEP because it targets overlapping beneficiary populations (refugee and trauma-affected children) using similar therapeutic and case-management approaches.
• Internationaler Bund (IB): Major German non-profit provider of youth welfare, migration, and integration services. Directly comparable because it operates SGB VIII services including care for unaccompanied minors and intercultural family support, mirroring STEP's statutory service mix at much larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Malteser Deutschland: Catholic aid organization running youth and family services including migration and refugee support. Comparable as a large incumbent offering overlapping family and refugee services commissioned by public authorities.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Protestant welfare umbrella delivering youth welfare, refugee support, and family services. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for Jugendamt contracts under SGB VIII, with overlapping intercultural and migration service lines.
• Caritas Deutschland: Catholic welfare umbrella running extensive SGB VIII services, refugee aid, and family counseling through diocesan associations. A broad incumbent that competes for the same public commissioning contracts STEP depends on, while offering additional social and healthcare services.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK): German Red Cross running youth welfare, refugee accommodation, and family support programs nationwide. Relevant as a broad incumbent that delivers overlapping SGB VIII services and frequently partners with Jugendämter on unaccompanied minor care.
• Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB): German welfare organization operating youth welfare, refugee aid, and family support services. Comparable as a broad incumbent that bids for similar SGB VIII commissioning relationships as STEP across multiple federal states.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO): One of Germany's six large umbrella welfare organizations, operating youth welfare, family support, and migration services nationwide. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes with STEP for the same Jugendamt commissioning under SGB VIII, though across a vastly wider service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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