About 68 percent veterans experiencing homelessness are in cities, and 32 percent are in suburban and rural areas. About half have physical and mental illness, and about 70 percent have substance abuse problems. Slightly more than half are white males, and half of the total are older than 51 years old.
NOVI The 44th annual National POW/MIA Recognition Day was celebrated in Novi Sept. 15 with the 37th annual “Michigan Remembers” ceremony at the prisoner of war and missing in action memorial at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, at 12 Mile and Novi roads.