Covered are grant applications and information pertaining to various grants. Grants included the Community Development Block grant and funding sources that Operation Life utilized to fund their services and projects, such as the city of Las Vegas, Clark County, the state of Nevada, the Community Services Administration, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and various private funding sources, such as the Ford Foundation.

Included are Ruby Duncan's materials from organizations such as the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County and federal entities such as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

There are materials pertaining to specific Operation Life projects including the Overall Economic Development Plans and miscellaneous material relating to governmental agencies and economic development and job development organizations.

Included are miscellaneous informational materials, a working file for the Committee of Low Income Women, working files for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse program for 1986–1988, food bank client forms, applications and submission logs for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, material specific to the operations of the medical center, program applications for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) from 1983 to 1987, and miscellaneous files pertaining to youth employment, Carey Arms Daycare and general youth issues.