Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI)

Entrepreneur: Vichi Jagannathan and Seth Saeugling

Founded: 2021

Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI) is a community-based social venture studio that builds the capacity of rural communities to support people’s healing from generational trauma to achieve health, safety, connection, and self-determination. ROI’s newest initiative “10x Mental Health Supports for Students” helps schools and community-based organizations to put the systems and structures in place to leverage Medicaid funding so they can increase student access to mental health services.