Stichting Aanpak Straat & Schoolveiligheid

What Stichting Aanpak Straat & Schoolveiligheid does

Stichting Aanpak Straat- & Schoolveiligheid (SASS) is a Dutch non-profit foundation established in 2021 and headquartered in Arnhem, Netherlands. The organization operates three integrated programs aimed at preventing youth crime and improving neighborhood safety: Straatcoaches (street coaches who maintain daily presence in vulnerable neighborhoods such as Malburgen, Geitenkamp, and Presikhaaf, with a stated 10-minute response time for disturbance calls), VIOS — Veilig In en Om School (a school safety coordination program that convenes signal and core team meetings between schools, police, social neighborhood teams, and youth workers), and Buurtsupport (a low-threshold program connecting vulnerable families with neighborhood volunteers). The underlying methodology is known as the 'pedagogische vierkant' or pedagogical square, which links street, school, home, and online environments as a single intervention surface.

SASS employs a team of approximately 20–30 staff, including 12 street coaches, VIOS coordinators, Buurtsupport staff, HRM, project staff, and an interim director, led by Danny Oudsen. The organization is funded entirely through municipal government contracts ('in opdracht van' municipalities) and operates across Arnhem, Lingewaard, Enschede (pilot), and Sittard-Geleen, with the VIOS program extended to schools in Utrecht, West- and Overbetuwe as well. Strategic partners include Halt, Iriszorg, Rijnstad, ROC Rijn IJssel, multiple secondary schools, regional police units, and municipal social welfare organizations.

The go-to-market model is community-embedded and contract-based: street coaches are deployed directly in neighborhoods for relationship-building and rapid intervention, while VIOS coordinators are contracted by municipalities to organize school safety infrastructure and multi-agency convenants. SASS also produces the SASS Signaleert podcast and a professional training program (Vakopleiding Straatcoach Jeugd) to extend its methodology and reach beyond direct service delivery. The organization is S-BB recognized as an approved vocational training company but has no disclosed funding rounds, no external investors, and no parent company.

Name

Stichting Aanpak Straat & Schoolveiligheid

Legal name

Stichting Aanpak Straat- & Schoolveiligheid

Website

https://straatschoolveiligheid.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stichting Aanpak Straat- & Schoolveiligheid (SASS) is a Dutch non-profit foundation providing street coaching, VIOS school safety coordination, and Buurtsupport family support programs. Funded by municipal contracts, it serves at-risk youth, schools, and families across Arnhem, Lingewaard, Enschede, and Sittard-Geleen.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Safety and Community Crime Prevention Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Safeguarding, Child Protection & Reporting Services (EDAJAIAD), Crisis Response & Threat Assessment (Suicide Prevention, Violence Prevention) (EDAJAIAH), Threat Assessment, Violence Prevention & Behavioral Intervention Support (EDAEACAH)

Keywords

• Youth crime prevention
• Street coaching services
• School safety coordination
• Community youth support
• Neighborhood safety programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Arnhem

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Government Contracts: SASS operates under contracts with Dutch municipalities including Arnhem, Lingewaard, Enschede (pilot), and Sittard-Geleen to provide street coaching and VIOS school safety services
2. Podcast SASS Signaleert: Educational podcast series addressing youth safety topics including drug use, criminal exploitation, sexuality, and aggression - serves awareness/prevention mission

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SASS delivers three integrated youth safety programs under municipal contracts: Straatcoaches (daily neighborhood street coaching in Arnhem's Malburgen, Geitenkap, and Presikhaaf with a 10-minute response to disturbance calls), VIOS — Veilig In en Om School (school safety coordination convening schools, police, social teams, and youth workers in Arnhem, Huissen, Utrecht, West- and Overbetuwe, and Sittard-Geleen), and Buurtsupport (low-threshold informal matching of vulnerable families with neighborhood volunteers). Supporting offerings include the Vakopleiding Straatcoach Jeugd vocational training and the SASS Signaleert awareness podcast.

Product overview

Stichting Aanpak Straat- & Schoolveiligheid (SASS) is a non-profit organization offering a coordinated suite of youth safety and community support services. The core offerings consist of Straatcoaches (street coaches who engage youth in neighborhoods), VIOS (Veilig In en Om School - a school safety coordination program), and Buurtsupport (informal neighborhood support for families). Supporting services include the Vakopleiding Straatcoach Jeugd (professional training for street coaches) and the Podcast SASS Signaleert (educational podcast on youth safety topics). These services work together under the 'pedagogische vierkant' (pedagogical square) framework, connecting street, school, home, and online worlds to prevent youth crime and promote safe, livable neighborhoods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Straatcoaches (Street Coaches) A daily street-coaching service deployed in Arnhem neighborhoods (Malburgen, Geitenkamp, Presikhaaf) where trained coaches engage at-risk youth, respond to neighborhood disturbance calls with a 10-minute response time, and serve as approachable role models to guide young people away from criminal behavior. Delivered under municipal contract for the residents, families, and youth of those neighborhoods.
• VIOS — Veilig In en Om School (Safe In and Around School) A school safety coordination program for primary, secondary, and vocational (MBO) schools that organizes signal meetings and core team meetings involving schools, street coaches, police, social neighborhood teams, and youth workers to identify at-risk students and coordinate interventions against youth criminality (drug dealing, sexting, loverboy recruitment, radicalization, extortion). Available to schools via municipal contracts.
• Buurtsupport A low-threshold, non-bureaucratic informal support service in Arnhem that matches vulnerable families with neighborhood volunteers who can provide homework support, a listening ear, and practical help, without case files or formal intake procedures. Aimed at families in Arnhem experiencing financial difficulty or lacking social networks.
• Vakopleiding Straatcoach Jeugd (Professional Training for Youth Street Coaches) A vocational training program for street coaches (youth workers) establishing national professional guidelines, ethical norms, and quality requirements for the profession; addresses the lack of dedicated vocational education for street coaches. Targeted at prospective and current street coach practitioners.
• Podcast SASS Signaleert An educational podcast series hosted by Angelique Krüger in which professionals and experts discuss topics relevant to youth safety including drug use, criminal exploitation, youth sexuality, aggression among girls, and pedagogical collaboration between school, home, and street. Aimed at practitioners, policymakers, parents, and the wider public.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10-minute response time for neighborhood disturbance calls
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

32 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HaltcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHalt is a key partner in preventing youth from developing criminal behavior. SASS and Halt align their work closely and are strengthening their collaboration.
• PTC Associate (Lydwien)minorOthersListed as a collaboration partner on SASS website
• Gemeente EnschedecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality partnership for pilot street coach program launched December 2024
• Stedelijk Gymnasium ArnhemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• Olympus College ArnhemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• Lorentz Lyceum ArnhemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• Produs PraktijkonderwijscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPractical education school partner; featured in SASS Signaleert podcast about education development for at-risk youth
• VMBO Maarten van RossemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• Leerpark ArnhemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool location partner in VIOS program
• Montessori College ArnhemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• OBC HuissencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool in Lingewaard where VIOS convenant was signed February 2024
• Over Betuwe College (OBC Huissen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership formalized through VIOS convenant with municipality of Lingewaard
• VMBO 't VenstercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• Thomas a Kempis CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• SG GuidocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• Beekdal LyceumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecondary school partner in VIOS program
• ROC Rijn IJsselcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Training Center providing vocational education - partner in VIOS program for MBO schools
• Basisschool MargarethaschoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary school partner in VIOS program
• Basisschool de Witte VlindercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary school partner in VIOS program
• Stichting Welzijn LingewaardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial welfare foundation in Lingewaard - partner in VIOS convenant
• IriszorgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare/welfare organization partner in youth support network
• Regionaal Bureau Leerlingzaken (RBL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional student affairs bureau - partner in VIOS signal meetings and youth tracking
• Pactum StraathoekwerkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStreet corner work organization in Arnhem - partner in youth work network
• AM SupportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport team partner; included in VIOS convenant in Lingewaard
• RijnstadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth work organization - partners in the pedagogical triangle approach
• Presikhaaf UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation/community organization in Presikhaaf neighborhood
• Politie (Police)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutch police - core partner in VIOS signal meetings and youth crime prevention; mentioned in multiple convenants
• Politie RivierenlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional police unit covering Lingewaard area - partner in VIOS convenant
• Gemeente LingewaardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality that signed VIOS convenant with schools and partners in February 2024
• Gemeente ArnhemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary municipality partner; schools requested their support leading to VIOS development; sponsors street coach program
• Sociale Wijkteams (Social Neighborhood Teams)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial welfare teams in Arnhem - partners in VIOS signal meetings and family support
• Stichting Sociale WijkteamscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation managing social neighborhood teams - partner in VIOS convenant Lingewaard

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Iriszorg: Large Dutch healthcare and welfare organization providing youth support, addiction care, and social services. Comparable as a broader Dutch welfare provider overlapping with SASS on youth and family support, but operating at much larger scale.
• Save the Children Netherlands: Major international child welfare organization with Dutch operations, working on child safety, education, and protection from exploitation. Comparable missionally to SASS's safeguarding and at-risk youth focus, though at much larger scale.

Emerging players

• CrossOver (formerly Synthese): Dutch regional youth and family support organization in Arnhem area providing similar street-level youth work and family support. Comparable as a Dutch youth services provider operating in the same geography.

Direct peers

• Rijnstad: Dutch youth and community work organization operating in Arnhem, explicitly listed as a partner in SASS's pedagogical triangle approach. Comparable as a community-based youth work provider targeting the same population in overlapping neighborhoods.
• Halt: Dutch foundation providing programs to prevent and address youth criminality, including school-based interventions and police-referred alternatives to prosecution. Directly comparable to SASS as a non-profit youth crime prevention partner operating in Dutch schools and municipalities.
• Fier (Fier! Foundation): Dutch non-profit offering youth safety and support services including work on sexual exploitation, loverboy cases, and at-risk youth — directly overlapping SASS violence prevention and criminal exploitation interventions. SASS podcast has covered similar themes.
• Pactum: Dutch youth-care organization providing preventive, low-threshold support including straathoekwerk (street corner work) in Arnhem. Directly comparable to SASS's street coaching and youth support model, with whom SASS already partners.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Netherlands: Dutch chapter of the international mentoring organization providing adult mentors to at-risk youth. Directly comparable to SASS's street coaching concept where trusted adult figures support vulnerable young people.

Regional players

• Stichting AM Support: Dutch youth support team also included in the Lingewaard VIOS convenant. Comparable as a regional provider of youth support coordination in the same schools and municipalities SASS serves.
• Stichting Welzijn Lingewaard: Local welfare foundation in Lingewaard municipality, a co-signer of the VIOS convenant with SASS. Comparable as a municipal welfare organization addressing youth and family wellbeing in the same region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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