SMA's Enrichment Industries (EI) Program Moves to New Building on Fentress Blvd

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - July 19, 2016 - PRLog -- Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare (SMA) is pleased to announce that their Enrichment Industries (EI) program has moved to a larger facility located at 225 Fentress Blvd. in Daytona Beach. EI provides psychosocial rehabilitation and adult day training for adults with mental illness, developmental disabilities and /or co-occurring disorders. They provide support to manufacturers and other companies with their light manufacturing, assembling, packaging, and promotional product services, as well as manufacture their own line of products.

"The feedback from our employees on the new location has been very positive – one said that they feel like they are coming to work now, not a program," said Carol Collins, Enrichment Program Director. "The landlord has gone above and beyond our expectations, making structural changes such as adding a wheelchair accessible restroom in the warehouse, adding an exterior door and accessible sidewalk to the front door, as well as new paint and flooring," Carol added. R. Schwarz Enterprises, Inc. is the landlord, and Eric Poole, CBRE assisted SMA in locating the building.

About 30 SMA staff and four movers relocated everything from their former location at 200 Fentress Blvd. on Friday, June 17^th. By Monday, it was business as usual and all the clients arrived at their new location.

The new location has windows and a large open area for the production activities as well as dedicated spaces for group activities, which allows more freedom in configuration of activities. Staff formerly would have to rearrange pallets throughout the day to get to some of their supplies needed. The former location was 13,100 sq ft, and the new location is 19,000 sq ft. The new location has a counseling room, client classroom, computer lab and room to hold their skills groups and group activities. They have a five-year lease and the space will serve anywhere from 75 to 100 clients per day who will participate in psychosocial and day treatment activities. It will also house supported employment staff and serve as the headquarters for their service contract (janitorial and lawn care) line of business.

SMA Behavioral Healthcare's mission is to deliver exceptional and comprehensive behavioral healthcare to individuals and families in our community. SMA's vision is of a community where addiction and mental illness are treated promptly, comprehensively and with respect for all. Contact SMA at 800-539-4228 or online at http://www.smabehavioral.org/ or stay connected on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/SMABehavioralHealthServices.

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Photo #1: Carol Collins stands by Mark McCallum as he inserts liners in capacitor housing for American Radionics.

Photo #2: Carol Collins watches Mark Pooley put together a crab trap that EI manufactures and sells.

About Enrichment Industries

The Enrichment Program encompasses enrichment, supported employment and enrichment industries.  Enrichment provides psychosocial rehabilitation and adult day training for adults with mental illness, developmental disabilities and /or co-occurring disorders. These services are designed to help participants live and work more fully in the community and improve the quality of their lives. The groups offered by Enrichment target increasing independent living, social and/or employment skills and include pre-vocational training, coping, life and social skills trainings, Job Club, basic math, basic reading, as well as group and individual therapy.  Supported Employment provides assistance to individuals desiring competitive employment in the community.  These services include screening and job matching, job development, job placement, on-site training assistance, and life-long follow-along services to help the individual maintain employment.

Enrichment Industries (EI) provides support to manufacturers and other companies with their light manufacturing, assembling, packaging, and promotional product services at Enrichment in Daytona Beach.  EI also manufacturers their own line of products which are available for sale (crab traps, safety glasses and goggles, ear plugs, office wall clocks, dust mops and jumper cables). Another component of EI is Service Contracts, which provides janitorial and lawn care services for public and private entities.  The goal is to provide quality services while providing employment opportunities for individuals with disabling conditions.  The service contracts maintain a 75% or better ratio of work being completed by individuals with a disabling condition at all sites.

About SMA

SMA Behavioral Healthcare has been serving the northeast Florida community with mental health and drug treatment services for over 50 years. SMA provides more than 35 mental health and substance abuse programs, providing prevention, diversion, intervention, and treatment services, delivered to diverse client populations in Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia counties.