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The article presents a professional development roadmap for developing services for student veterans in the U.S. Some examples of partnerships and collaborations developed by social work faculty and students to support these services are cited. The challenges faced by universities for supporting these services is also examined.

The article focuses on the findings from a needs assessment survey of student veterans at a state university in the southwestern region of the U.S. At the time of the study, the university, with a population of 32,000 students, has over 1,300 student veterans. The campus Veterans Affairs Office sent the survey link to 1,252 students, and the response rate was 26.92%.

The article presents a study that explores the genetics knowledge and perceptions of medical and allied health professionals about the existing statewide genetic services delivery system in the U.S. It aims to provide preliminary understanding of the participants' perceptions about types and levels of genetics knowledge important to the use of the existing system of service. It reveals that practitioners have lack of knowledge about available service and their preference for expedient. It suggests that cost factors could potentially continue to function as a barrier to services.