Sacramento Cottage Housing Inc

From the streets to self-sustainability.

aka Cottage Housing   |   Sacramento, CA   |  http://www.cottagehousing.org

Mission

Sacramento Cottage Housing Inc. makes our community a better place by creating high-quality, low-cost housing within healing residential communities that help homeless people help themselves from the transition from the streets to self-reliance. We pursue this mission by promoting personal accountability, mutual respect, and good citizenship among residents of our transitional housing sites.

Ruling year info

1994

Executive Director and CEO

Ms. Kristen Martin

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. David Husid

Main address

1500 North A Street

Sacramento, CA 95811 USA

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EIN

68-0322086

NTEE code info

Low-Cost Temporary Housing (includes Youth Hostels) (L40)

Family Services (P40)

Children's and Youth Services (P30)

IRS filing requirement

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Programs and results

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Permanent and supportive housing

Our two housing sites, Bishop Francis A. Quinn Cottages and Joseph Serna Village, provide shelter as well as support services to enable the homeless to get back on their feet. These services include addiction relapse prevention; health screening and referral; life skills training in practical matters like budgeting; and help enrolling in school, looking for work, applying for government benefits, and finding permanent housing. Since opening in November 1997, the 60 one-bedroom cottages of Quinn Cottages has offered homeless individuals, couples, and single parent/single child families a place to call home. Serna Village, which opened at the decommissioned McClellan Air Force Base in February 2002, provides 40 two- and three-bedroom refurbished duplexes for larger homeless families.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback

Financials

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Operations

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Sacramento Cottage Housing Inc

Board of directors
as of 06/08/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Ms. Carye Colangelo

Delfino Madden

Term: 2020 - 2024

Jeff Raimundo

Townsend Raimundo Besler & Usher

Jose Altamirano

State Compensation Insurance Fund

Jessica Cross

CalSTRS

Kimberly Diaz

American Red Cross

Manuel Garcia

Charles Schwab

Roxana Garcia-Ochoa

Health Education Council

Laurie Gonzales-Woodward

CalSTRS

Gabrielle Hunter

Community Member

Shannon Rielly

Program Representative Quinn Cottages

Laurie Wright

Tri Counties Bank

Anya-Jael (AJ) Woods

SMUD

Jennifer Ligon

Sacramento Police Dept.

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 6/7/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 06/07/2022

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Data
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.