At more than 14,000 active member organisations, Bundesverband privater Anbieter sozialer Dienste e. V. (bpa) (German Federal Association of Private Providers of Social Services), is Germany’s largest association representing private providers of social services. The bpa organises outpatient and (partial) inpatient care facilities, care for the disabled and child and youth welfare services under private sponsorship.

bpa members are responsible for about 465,000 jobs and some 23,000 apprenticeship places. Investments in the care infrastructure are approximately 31 billion euros.

Association history

The bpa was founded i ...