The Morongo Basin Coalition for Adult Literacy, Inc., provides free confidential, one-on-one tutoring to illiterate adults over eighteen who need help with reading, writing, and/or mathematics in order to achieve their potential and to function in their home, workplace, and community.

The entire Morongo Basin is served the Morongo Basin Coalition for Adult Literacy. The MBCAL is a partner with San Bernardino County Library in bringing literacy services to the Morongo Basin.

Two literacy sites are available, one at the Yucca Valley Branch Library and one at the Twentynine Palms Branch Library. Each site has a Literacy Specialist who offers tutor training, assesses incoming students to see what their needs are, and matches a tutor with a student. The Coalition office is in the Twentynine Palms Branch Library.

Board meetings are held at 7:00 a.m., the 4th Tuesday of the month, except December, at the Copper Mountain Community College Library.

The MBCAL is a United Way Agency, a recipient of Elsinore Machris Gilliland and Wal-Mart Foundation grants, and is affiliated with ProLiteracy America.

The MBCAL is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 California Corporation