This document surveys the rehabilitation and independent living community in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas for programs and practices that demonstrate especially effective service delivery and can serve as role models. Section 1, the introduction, identifies the background and purposes of the Regional Rehabilitation Exchange (RRX) project, describes its scope, explains the RRX validation process, lists the prerequisites for validation, presents the criteria for validation, describes the assessment of critical factors, and identifies the implications for validated programs. Members of the Peer Review Advisory Council are listed in Section 2. Section 3 identifies staff associates in the five states in Rehabilitation Services Administration Region VI. Six exemplary programs of independent living services are profiled in Section 4. Section 5 provides descriptions of two exemplary programs for job placement services. Five exemplary programs in supported employment services are described in Section 6. Section 7 provides descriptions of four exemplary programs of transitional services. Each program description contains many of the following categories: name of the program, contact person, organizational client populations served, organizational services and activities, organizational mission, organizational profile, program description, program components, program characteristics, model activities, program outcomes, costs, staff, and a contact for further information. (CML)