Nonprofits join forces in experimental program to help O.C. homeless

Five years ago, Laura Bliss applied for a Section 8 federal housing voucher, hoping to end a period of on again, off again homelessness by landing in a permanent new home.
At the time, Bliss lived in a home for women run by Family Ministries in San Clemente, sleeping in a bunk bed in a room she shared with  other women. There were strict rules about visitors and sobriety and finding a job. Bliss loved it there, but could only stay in that transitional program for a year.
Fortunately, she ma