Entraide Nationale - COAPH Guidance Centers and Social Support Units

Founded in 1957, Entraide Nationale is a public welfare body endowed with legal status and financial independence, operating under the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Integration, and the Family. Operating across all provinces of Morocco, the institution coordinates extensive social safety nets for vulnerable citizens. It manages the national network of Centers for Guidance and Assistance to Persons with Disabilities (COAPH), which register families, evaluate specialized developmental needs, and facilitate access to adaptive schooling, assistive mobility devices, and social cohesion subsidies.

Furthermore, Entraide Nationale operates community-based Social Assistance Units (UMASS) providing front-line psychological listening, marital and family mediation, and tailored vocational orientation. The institution oversees the certification and monitoring of Social Welfare Centers (EPS) providing residential protection to children deprived of families, women survivors of domestic crises, and elderly dependent persons across urban and rural zones.

Intake, psychosocial counseling, and administrative guidance for persons with disabilities and their families at COAPH centers. Processing social fund applications for assistive mobility technology, inclusive education, and micro-income projects. Community and family dispute mediation via UMASS units. First-contact psychological support for women in crisis. Supervision of licensed social welfare residential institutions.

Free public service accessible at all provincial delegations and local COAPH centers throughout Morocco. Presentation of a national identity document, relevant medical impairment certificates, and standard socio-economic records is required to activate specialized welfare benefits.

Certified social workers, family mediators, inclusive education specialists, social welfare inspectors, and administrative civil service professionals.

Operates under the Ministry of Solidarity, working in strategic collaboration with civil society associations managing disability hubs, the INDH, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of National Education.