Founded in 2005, The Alliance for Compassion and Education Development - ACED (formerly known as Sacramento Valley Regional Care Coalition) has spent the past 15 years working with underserved youth. As a provider of wrap-around service and support, ACED is focused on and driven by the needs of brilliant and talented young minds who may have been given an unfair start in life.
EASE Sacramento, an initiative of ACED, is the heartbeat of what we do. The idea came to longtime friend Phil Oates, after seeing the movie The Blind Side. He wondered just how many other "Big Mikes" were out there and dreamed of a reality where kids, talented and driven, were given the opportunity of an excellent education that otherwise might not be an option for them.