Employment inclusion: financing jobs for people far from employment
In brief
The French State, the Régions and some intercommunalités (groupings of municipalities) fund employers that hire, support or train people far from employment: work integration social enterprises, adapted enterprises for disabled workers, employer groups and ordinary companies hiring employees at the end of an integration pathway. This page lists the schemes currently validated, with their funder.
Employment inclusion (insertion professionnelle) covers the pathways that help people who have long been out of work, face social difficulties or live with a disability back into stable employment.
The grants listed here are aimed at the employers that run these pathways: integration workshops and worksites (ateliers et chantiers d'insertion), integration companies, adapted enterprises (entreprises adaptées), employer groups for integration and qualification (GEIQ) and social and solidarity economy businesses.
Some also benefit ordinary companies: an SME hiring an employee leaving an integration worksite can receive support, nationally through the bridge contract (contrat passerelle) or locally through a hiring bonus.
Most of these schemes are national and run by the French Ministry of Labour; others are regional or intercommunal and only apply in their area.
This page helps you identify relevant funding options. It does not replace an individual check of your eligibility.
Run a personalised scan to identify the public grants and funding your company may be able to access.
Which situations are covered?
The employment inclusion grants listed here address four main situations.
Hiring an employee coming from an integration pathway
An ordinary company that hires a person at the end of their pathway in an integration company or an integration workshop and worksite can receive support, through the national bridge contract or through a hiring bonus offered by some intercommunalités.
Running a work integration structure
Work integration structures (SIAE) and employer groups for integration and qualification are funded for the personalised support and qualification of their employees on integration contracts. Some Régions also support projects run by these structures.
Employing disabled workers in an adapted enterprise
Adapted enterprises receive a per-job grant for each disabled worker they employ, and a support grant when they place that worker with another employer with a view to a permanent hire.
Creating jobs for the long-term unemployed
National pilot schemes fund the creation of permanent jobs for people long deprived of employment in social and solidarity economy businesses, or allow them to work as supported self-employed people.
What amount can you expect?
National integration grants are usually flat-rate amounts calculated per job or per supported employee, at rates set each year by the State.
Regional and intercommunal grants set their own scales. Amounts are not reported consistently in public sources: the official text of each scheme prevails.
How do you know whether your company is concerned?
Access to these grants depends first on the employer's status (approved integration structure, adapted enterprise, employer group, ordinary company) and on the pathway of the person hired.
The Capital OS scan automatically cross-checks these criteria against all the public grants listed, to identify those that actually apply to you:
- The status of your organisation (ordinary company, SIAE, adapted enterprise, GEIQ, social economy)
- The profile of the people you hire or support
- The location of your establishment (Région, intercommunalité)
Employment inclusion grants
Support for Work Integration Social Enterprise (IAE)
Région Guadeloupe
Up to €50,000
Job Position Support for Adapted Companies (Excluding Pilot Schemes)
Ministère du Travail et des Solidarités
Up to €19,164
Support Allowance for Individualised Professional Coaching in Adapted Companies (Excluding Pilot Schemes)
Ministère du Travail et des Solidarités
Up to €5,355
Support under the Bridge Contract for Work Integration Social Enterprises and Insertion Workshops
Ministère du Travail et des Solidarités
Up to €2,376
Job bonus for hiring people from work-integration workshops and sites
CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois
Up to €2,000
Experimentation on Extending Work Integration Social Enterprise Schemes to Self-Employment
Ministère du Travail et des Solidarités
Up to €450
Closes on 22 Dec 2026
Experiment — Zero Long-Term Unemployment Territories
Ministère du Travail et des Solidarités
Support for Employer Integration Groups (GEIQ) for the Integration and Skills Development of Their Employees
Ministère du Travail et des Solidarités
Project Call: Supporting Professional Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Funders keep their French names; each grant page gives the official French title.
Frequently asked questions about employment inclusion grants
Which public grants fund employment inclusion?
9 employment inclusion grants are listed on Capital OS: national schemes from the Ministry of Labour, regional grants and intercommunal grants.
The full list is shown above on this page, with the funder of each grant.
Can an ordinary company get support to hire a person on an integration pathway?
Yes. The bridge contract supports the hiring, by an ordinary company, of a person at the end of their pathway in an integration company or an integration workshop and worksite. Some intercommunalités add a bonus for hiring people coming from these structures.
What is a work integration structure (SIAE)?
It is an organisation approved by the French State that employs people far from employment and supports them towards a lasting job: integration workshop and worksite, integration company, intermediary association or temporary work integration company.
Are grants for adapted enterprises employment inclusion grants?
Yes: adapted enterprises mainly employ disabled workers and support them towards employment, including by placing them with other employers. Their per-job and support grants are therefore listed on this page.
How do you apply for an employment inclusion grant?
National grants generally go through France Travail (the public employment service) or the State's regional services; local grants are requested from the Région or intercommunalité concerned.
A personalised diagnostic first identifies the schemes your organisation can actually access.
Does this need match yours?
Check the grants suited to your company
This page lists the schemes linked to this need. The personalised report applies your real criteria — industry, size, location, project — before drawing any conclusion on eligibility.