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Welcome To ACES

A.C.E.S. launched its private non-profit agency as of March 16, 2004. Since our inception date of January 26, 2005, we have expanded our staff to include Dr. Mark Saunders, Ph.D., Rita Groszmann, Ph.D.,/M.F.T., Marlene Cepeda, M.FT., and George Scripture, M.S.W. Achievements have been many, and include:

Formation of our youth group, F.A.C.E.S.; Receipt of grant funding from Redding Rancheria Community Fund in the amount of $7,000 for the purpose of expanding Camp A.C.E.S.; Receipt of grant funding from Trinity First Five Commission in the amount of $2,000 for the purpose of expanding our professional and community resource library; Receipt of $2,000 from Shasta Mental Health for the purpose of sending six members of F.A.C.E.S., to the annual California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth (CMHACY) annual conference at Asilomar; Expansion of our Emergency Assistance Committee; Receipt of monies from a number of fundraisers, Initiation of a bi-monthly newsletter, Receipt of endorsement letters from Mercy Medical Center, Shasta County Mental Health, Trinity County Probation, and the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill (Shasta Chapter), with the promise of more to follow; Completion of the ninth annual Camp A.C.E.S. and eighth annual Welcome to Winter camp.

In addition, A.C.E.S. has been approached by a number of entities to collaborate services, all of which are the start of some exciting new programs. Several of the committees have been hard at work to develop new projects, and we now have the first building plans on paper.








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