The final report of the Head Injury Re-entry Project (Project HIRe) describes activities of this 3-year (1987 to 1990) project, which used a "best practices" model approach and a community-based employment strategy with persons having traumatic brain injury (TBI) in nonurban areas. Among 15 project accomplishments are the following: (1) two conferences addressing TBI and community-based employment; (2) identification of critical issues; (3) dissemination of conference audiotapes, journal articles, and a book; (4) establishment of networks of persons with similar interests; (5) demonstration of the HIRe model at two replication sites; and (6) direct services to 27 individuals with TBI during the model demonstration. Persons served in Project HIRe had multiple physical disabilities in addition to the social, emotional, and cognitive problems caused by the TBI. Individual supported employment proved to be a viable option; however, removal of support services and project termination resulted in transfer from scattered sites to enclave sites where there were lower wages and less independence on the job. Recommendations focused on significant barriers to rural service delivery, particularly the need for a long-term funding stream to assure services necessary for sustaining people on jobs and the impact of low-incidence TBI on the quality of services available. Appendices include the instruments used for case management and program evaluation and a sample contract. (Contains 13 references.) (DB)