St. Gregor-Jugendhilfe

What St. Gregor-Jugendhilfe does

St. Gregor-Jugendhilfe (legally St. Gregor Kinder-, Jugend- und Familienhilfe gGmbH) is a non-profit child, youth, and family welfare organization headquartered in Augsburg, Bavaria, with a continuous operating history dating to 1572 as a Catholic orphanage. It delivers a comprehensive service portfolio under Germany's Social Code Book VIII (SGB VIII), encompassing family counseling at walk-in family offices and centers, ambulatory in-home educational support, school-based youth welfare cooperation (social work, support classes, Praxisklassen, Ganztagsschule), semi-residential Heilpädagogische Tagesstätten (HPT) for children with developmental or behavioral needs, residential Wohngruppen including specialized groups for unaccompanied minors, foster and host-family placement via the JuMeGa program, and targeted offerings such as multifamily therapy (MFT), adventure pedagogy (clip high-rope course), donkey-assisted pedagogy, and the EINBLICK service for families with parental mental illness.

The organization operates a regionally distributed delivery network across Augsburg city, Landkreis Augsburg, and Landkreis Dillingen, anchored by the main site at Auf dem Kreuz 58 and satellite offices in Schwabmünchen, Meitingen, Königsbrunn, Wertingen/Bliensbach, and additional locations. Staffing stands at 450-500 social pedagogy and care professionals. Day-to-day operations are led by managing director Dr. Vincent Richardt, with foundation-level oversight from Elfie Kleinfelder (managing director of the Katholische Waisen- und Armenkinderhaus-Stiftung) and chairwoman Maria-Anna Immerz.

The business model is a hybrid of public-sector commissioning and philanthropic support. Core services are commissioned and paid by three Jugendämter (youth offices in Stadt Augsburg, Landkreis Augsburg, Landkreis Dillingen) at rates set under SGB VIII, providing the bulk of operating revenue. Supplementary programs (animal-assisted therapy, adventure education, holiday activities, specialized projects) are funded via individual and corporate donations, supplemented by endowment returns from the parent Katholische Waisen- und Armenkinderhaus-Stiftung Augsburg. There is no commercial pricing model; families access services via referral or direct inquiry. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, consistent with the non-profit gGmbH structure.

Name

St. Gregor-Jugendhilfe

Legal name

St. Gregor Kinder-, Jugend- und Familienhilfe gGmbH

Website

https://st-gregor.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

St. Gregor-Jugendhilfe is a 1572-founded, non-profit child, youth, and family welfare provider in Augsburg, Bavaria, delivering SGB VIII-commissioned counseling, ambulatory, school-based, and residential services across Augsburg city and two counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child and Youth Welfare Services

NAICS

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

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Child welfare services
• Youth welfare programs
• Family counseling services
• Residential care
• Social pedagogy

Headquarters

HQ city

Augsburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Youth Welfare Funding: Core funding through contracts with youth offices (Jugendämter) based on SGB VIII (German Social Code, Book VIII - Child and Youth Welfare). Services are commissioned and paid by public youth welfare authorities.
2. Donations and Private Support: Private donations from individuals, companies, and organizations fund supplementary projects including animal-assisted therapy, adventure education (Hochseilgarten clip), art and music pedagogy, and holiday activities not covered by government funding.
3. Foundation Income: Returns from endowment assets of the Katholische Waisen- und Armenkinderhaus-Stiftung Augsburg fund educational impulses and projects beyond public funding.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St. Gregor-Jugendhilfe is a non-profit child, youth, and family welfare organization providing family counseling, ambulatory educational support, therapeutic day facilities, residential care groups, foster family placement, and school-based youth welfare services. It is authorized under SGB VIII (German Social Code Book VIII) and funded primarily through contracts with local youth welfare offices, supplemented by donations and foundation endowment returns. All services are delivered directly to children, adolescents, and families across Augsburg city and the Augsburg and Dillingen districts.

Product overview

St. Gregor-Jugendhilfe ist eine differenzierte Kinder-, Jugend- und Familienhilfe-Einrichtung mit einer breiten Palette sozialer Dienstleistungen. Das Angebot umfasst wohnortnahe Familienbüros und -zentren für Beratung und Bildung, ambulante Erziehungshilfen (Erziehungsbeistandschaft, sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe), Jugendhilfe in Kooperation mit Schulen (Soziale Arbeit an Schulen, Praxisklassen, Ganztagsschule), teilstationäre Heilpädagogische Tagesstätten (HPT) sowie stationäre Hilfen mit diversen Wohngruppen für Kinder und Jugendliche. Ergänzt wird das Portfolio durch familiäre Systeme (Gastfamilien/Erziehungsstellen), Spezialangebote wie die Tagesanlaufstelle F43, das Familienprojekt (Multifamilientherapie), den erlebnispädagogischen Hochseilgarten clip, eselgestützte Pädagogik, das Projekt EINBLICK für Familien mit psychischen Belastungen und das St. Gregor Kinderhaus für Mitarbeitendenbetreuung. Die Einrichtung ist tief in der Region Augsburg und den Landkreisen Augsburg und Dillingen verankert.

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Brands

• St. Gregor Kinderhaus: On-site childcare facility for employees of the organization - a cooperative project with the city and district of Augsburg.
• F43 Tagesanlaufstelle
• JuMeGa
• clip
• EINBLICK

Products and services

• Family Offices and Family Centers (Familienbüros und Familienzentren) Local walk-in contact points across Augsburg, Schwabmünchen, Meitingen, Königsbrunn, Lechfeld, Wertingen, and Göggingen providing family counseling, information, networking, and family education programs for children, adolescents, and families in conflict or crisis situations.
• Ambulatory Educational Support (Ambulante Erziehungshilfen) Flexible in-home support services for families, including educational mentorship (Erziehungsbeistandschaft), intensive socio-pedagogical individual support, and socio-pedagogical family help (Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe) delivered to families in their own homes.
• Youth Welfare in Cooperation with Schools (Jugendhilfe in Kooperation mit Schulen) Comprehensive school-based welfare services including social work at schools (Soziale Arbeit an Schulen), SchulFiT, FliBB (Second Chance), support and promotion classes (Stütz- und Förderklassen), Praxisklassen, school accompaniment (Schulbegleitung), and full-day school programs (Ganztagsschule) for adolescents in school settings.
• Heilpädagogische Tagesstätten (HPT) - Therapeutic Day Facilities Part-day therapeutic facilities for children with developmental delays and learning difficulties, delivered in small groups at locations in Augsburg, Meitingen, Bliensbach, Horgau, Auerbach, and Schwabmünchen, including preschool and school-age groups.
• Residential Care: Wohngruppen (Stationäre Hilfen) 24-hour residential care for children and adolescents who cannot live with their own families, including named groups such as Ferdinand, Sterntaler, Schildbürger, Mona Lisa, and Next Steps for unaccompanied minor refugees (UMF/UMA), plus supervised girls' housing and individual-pedagogical therapeutic youth housing.
• JuMeGa - Foster Family Program (Familiäre Systeme) Placement of children and adolescents in foster families (JuMeGa) or with Erziehungsstellen for long-term care in a family environment, focused on children and youth with emotional distress.
• Tagesanlaufstelle F43 (Day Drop-In Center) Low-threshold day drop-in center for young people in need of support, providing accessible youth work services.
• Familienprojekt (MFT) - Multifamily Therapy Multifamily therapy program in which six to eight families work together on upbringing topics, develop solution ideas, and strengthen their parenting competencies.
• clip - Adventure Pedagogy High and Low Rope Garden Adventure pedagogy program with a high and low rope course in Bliensbach, used for team building and personal development of children and youth.
• Eselgestützte Pädagogik (Donkey-Assisted Pedagogy) Animal-assisted pedagogical program using donkeys to support the development of children and adolescents.
• St. Gregor Kinderhaus - Employer Childcare Facility Family-supplementary educational facility providing childcare for employees of the organization, operated as a cooperative project with the city and district of Augsburg.
• EINBLICK - Support for Families with Mental Health Burdens Free information, counseling, and support for families with psychological burdens or mental illness, with services for children, adolescents, and parents.
• Eltern-Kind-Klärungsgruppe (EKK) - Parent-Child Clarification Group Residential program for clarifying and assessing family situations with parents and children together.

Quantifiable outcome

• Services provided across Augsburg city and Augsburg and Dillingen districts through multiple regional offices

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Stadt Augsburg and Landkreis AugsburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partners for the St. Gregor Kinderhaus (employer-provided childcare) along with Bezirk Schwaben, Regierung von Schwaben, Stadtwerke, and LEW under the leadership of Katholische Waisenhaus-Stiftung
• Freundeskreis 'Kinder brauchen Freunde e.V.'coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting association helping foster and sponsor children and youth cared for by St. Gregor-Jugendhilfe through financial aid, direct help, and volunteer work
• Katholische Waisenhaus-StiftungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe public foundation of civil law that operates and financially maintains St. Gregor-Kinder-, Jugend- und Familienhilfe. Enables bedarfsgerechte (needs-based) further development beyond public funding through endowment returns.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SOS-Kinderdorf: Germany's largest non-profit provider of residential child and youth welfare services, foster family programs, and family support — directly comparable to St. Gregor's residential groups, JuMeGa foster program, and ambulatory family assistance under SGB VIII.
• Deutscher Kinderschutzbund: National federation focused on child protection, family counseling, and child welfare advocacy — directly comparable to St. Gregor's child protection mandate, family counseling services, and EINBLICK program for families with mental health burdens.
• Jugendhilfe St. Anton: Catholic-affiliated youth welfare provider in Bavaria offering similar residential and ambulatory SGB VIII services — directly comparable in scale, mission, and regional footprint to St. Gregor.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas (Deutscher Caritasverband): Germany's largest Catholic welfare organization and St. Gregor's ecclesial counterpart — operates a far broader portfolio of social services but is the most natural incumbent comparison given the shared Catholic welfare mandate and SGB VIII provider authorization.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Protestant counterpart to Caritas operating child and youth welfare services nationwide — competes with St. Gregor for Jugendamt contracts at local and regional levels, particularly in Bavaria.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO): Major non-profit welfare provider operating child and youth welfare services including residential care, family support, and school cooperation programs — a comparable scaled SGB VIII provider across Germany.
• Kolpingwerk Deutschland: Catholic family-association network providing youth welfare, family education, and social services — comparable in faith-based framing and family support programming, though operating through a federated member structure.

Regional players

• Stiftung ICP München: Munich-based Catholic foundation offering child and youth welfare, foster care, and family support services — a Bavarian regional peer with comparable SGB VIII service mix but serving a different geographic catchment.

Emerging players

• Evangelische Jugendhilfe: Network of Protestant-affiliated youth welfare providers offering residential, ambulatory, and school-based services under SGB VIII — comparable in service model to St. Gregor's residential groups and school cooperation programs.

Others

• Stadtsparkasse Augsburg (Haus der Stifter): Long-standing financial partner and host of the Haus der Stifter foundation community — relevant as an enabling donor and banking partner for St. Gregor's fundraising and endowment operations rather than a direct service competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

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