The Library offers literacy services to adults, children and families. Volunteers tutor adults once or twice a week in the Reading Lab using a variety of materials, including computers.
Some adult students attend the weekly writing and spelling class.
Children ages 7-12 are tutored in small groups during the school year. Their tutors read stories to them, discuss ideas generated by the stories, and work on word-attack skills, phonics, comprehension and writing. All volunteer tutors attend a training workshop before being matched with their student or group. There are literacy programs in adult schools, churches, community centers, and businesses as well as libraries. The Santa Fe Springs City Library has offered free literacy services to adults, children, and families since 1987.