NTX CW: April 2025 Blogpost
Date: April 1, 2025
The North Texas ROSC has officially rebranded to The North Texas Coalition on Wellness (NTX CW). Find out more information about the upcoming NTX CW Quarterly Meeting in the NTX CW April 2025 Blogpost below.
Blog Highlights
The Importance of Social Wellness
Social wellness is key to overall well-being, focusing on building meaningful connections and contributing to society.
Pursuing Satisfying Relationships - Cultivating respectful, supportive connections with family, friends, and others.
Respecting Differences: Embracing diversity and practicing empathy and inclusivity.
Resolving Conflicts Effectively - Addressing disagreements with active listening, compromise, and mutual respect.
Contributing to the Community - Volunteering and supporting initiatives that improve the common welfare.
Recognizing Interdependence - Understanding that personal well-being is linked to the community’s health.
Understanding Identity - Reflecting on how personal and social identity fits within the larger community context.
Social wellness emphasizes positive relationships and the interconnectedness between individuals and society.
Learn more about the 8 Dimensions of Wellness at SAMHSA.
April 2025 Quarterly Meeting
Join NTX Coalition on Wellness for our first quarterly virtual meeting!
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📅 Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
⏰ Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM CST
💻 Format: Virtual
Speaker Highlight: Marci Marie
Topic: Stay Informed about Texas Legislation
As someone who spent nearly a decade incarcerated, Marci Marie knows firsthand what it feels like to be shut out of decisions that affect your life. Now, she helps lead statewide advocacy efforts that center justice-impacted women and communities. Her work is rooted in healing, storytelling, and making sure people have the tools they need to be informed and engaged.
In this session, she’ll share:
Real barriers that keep justice-impacted people from participating in civic life and how we can work to break those down
How to keep up with legislation that impacts criminal justice, recovery, housing, and reentry
Updates on current bills in Texas where substance use and incarceration overlap
How service providers and allies can make legislative information more accessible and empowering
Resources in North Texas for directly impacted women to get involved and stay informed
This isn’t just about politics. It’s about people. It’s about making sure that the folks closest to the issues have a voice in creating the solutions. Whether you’re a provider, an advocate, or someone with lived experience, this conversation will offer practical tools and powerful encouragement.
Resource Highlight: United Healthcare
Presented By: LaShanda Counts
Topic: Community Resources offered by United Healthcare
LaShanda is the Tarrant County Provider Engagement/Community Outreach Representative with UnitedHealthcare. She works alongside her Dallas counterpart as well. LaShanda is part of the Community Health Plan, which focuses on distributing information about UnitedHealthcare being the new MCO for Star+Plus Medicaid for individuals who are aged, blind, or disabled. Her role includes working with providers and offering educational resources. LaShanda is interested in serving as a resource and staying connected for any future events that may occur within the community .
UnitedHealthcare also provides presentations covering Star+Plus Medicaid for communities or CBOs. Please feel free to reach out to her with any questions or for information about events that target health of senior citizens in the community.
Email: LaShanda_counts@uhc.com
Website: www.unitedhealthcare.com
