June 23, 2025
BROOKS — The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is giving a $1 million grant to YoloCares to expand its adult day care program in Davis and operate a new hospice shelter in Sacramento that will address the complex needs of unhoused terminally ill patients.
The hospice will serve Solano County residents.
Joshua’s House will feature six homes that will welcome up to 15 people at a time. It will prioritize service to unhoused rural and Indigenous community members in need of care.
The professionally staffed home will provide shelter, food and clothing to people from Solano, Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, Sutter and Colusa counties to hospice-eligible patients referred by the major health systems. Licensed professionals will provide hospice care to patients staying at Joshua’s House.
“Every human being deserves to have a safe and comfortable experience as they face the most difficult stage of life,” Anthony Roberts, tribal chairman of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, said in a press release.
“Joshua’s House will take in unhoused people who are terminally ill and ensure that they pass on from this life with care and dignity.”
An unhoused person dies on the streets every two days in Sacramento County, according to YoloCares. Homelessness in Yolo County has increased nearly 14% since 2019.
The support will also allow YoloCares to expand its adult day care services, the Galileo Place Adult Day Program in Davis. The caregiver respite service provides professional care and social opportunities for adults with cognitive decline who cannot be left alone.
Transportation barriers have prevented many rural families from participating in the Galileo Program, and YoloCares will now use Yocha Dehe funds to alleviate those barriers, especially for low-income clients.
As one of the three surviving Patwin tribes, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation are stewards of the land and consistent with a tradition of giving. The tribe is committed to sharing the benefits of its economic success by investing in communities within its ancestral territory to help individuals and families in need access health care and support services.