The Hartford Jewish Coalition for Literacy (HJCL) was founded in 1998 to recruit, train, and place volunteers as reading tutors at schools in the greater Hartford area. HJCL is a program of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and an affiliate of the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy. During the past three years, 250 volunteers have made the commitment to read, for one-half hour or more a week, with kindergarten through third grade students who need help learning to read.