Chattanooga Room In the Inn Inc

Helping women and children overcome homelessness

aka CRITI   |   Chattanooga, TN   |  www.chattanoogaroomintheinn.com

Mission

To empower women and children experiencing homelessness to become self-sufficient by offering a temporary home while providing services necessary to meet their goals.

Ruling year info

1990

Principal Officer

Ms. Erin Creal

Main address

P.O. Box 3564

Chattanooga, TN 37404 USA

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EIN

62-1402358

NTEE code info

Other Housing, Shelter N.E.C. (L99)

IRS filing requirement

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Providing a safe place to live for women and children experiencing homelessness while they learn to heal and new skills for independent living

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?

Transitional Housing

Service Planning for women - identifying individual needs and activities to meet those needs. Children's Enrichment Program -providing therapeutic environment for children to learn.

Population(s) Served
Adults

For graduates of the Transitional Housing program, CRITI provides permanent, safe and affordable housing with supportive services.

Population(s) Served
Families
Women and girls

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

Better Business Bureau Torch Award 2019

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

To get women and children into safe, affordable and permanent housing and maintain stability

To teach women and children new skills, promote strengths and reversing decisions that led them to homelessness. Psychological assessments with therapy, case management and support are the activities.

Stable housing, staff to provide support and services, daily living supplies, transportation assistance, children's enrichment activities, life skills instruction and aftercare services. We also became pet friendly recently in order to accommodate families with existing pets.

Since 2006, 88% of program graduates remain permanently housed to date with no further incidents of homelessness.

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 demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
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 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, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, 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

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Chattanooga Room In the Inn Inc

Board of directors
as of 08/25/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Julia Russell


Board co-chair

Katie Downs

TVA

Term: 2020 - 2023

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 8/25/2022

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability