After School Matters

About After School Matters

Each year, After School Matters provides life-changing after-school and summer program opportunities to more than 17,000 Chicago high school teens. Our hands-on, project-based apprenticeship and internship programs – in the arts, communications and leadership, sports and STEM – allow teens to explore and develop their talents, while gaining critical skills for work, college and beyond.

After School Matters full-time staff of approximately 85 supports the day-to-day operations and administration of the organization, as well as the provision of our signature programs across the city, while hundreds of individuals across Chicago work with us part-time as After School Matters instructors and program providers.

We seek to serve our teens and achieve our mission by:
• Advocating for teens and youth development
• Building opportunities for teens through partnerships
• Engaging teens in skills development for work and higher education
• Showcasing teen accomplishments
• Disseminating research and best practices about out-of-school time for teens

Website	http://www.afterschoolmatters.org
Employees	501-1,000 employees View all After School Matters employees
Industry	Non-profit Organization Management
Headquarter	66 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601, US
Founded	1991
Keywords	Education, Mentoring, Leadership Development, Project-Based Learning, Out-Of-School Time, Out-Of-School Time, Summer Programming, Leadership Development, Méntoring, Project-Based Learning, Education