After School Matters
After School Matters is a non-profit organization that partners with the City of Chicago, the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Park District, and the Chicago Public Library to expand out-of-school opportunities for Chicago teens. Working together, these institutions help to revitalize Chicago neighborhoods and enrich the lives of teens around the city.

Through After School Matters programs, Chicago teens can safely take part in activities that offer positive relationships, skills that translate to the workplace, and exposure to career and educational opportunities both in their neighborhoods and throughout the city.

After School Matters programs help teens build skills for the future: apprenticeships and club activities. To help satisfy those program objectives, LTS provides teens with the opportunity to apprentice as tennis coaches and officials. Teens receive a stipend for participation in this program.

Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center
As a valued partner, we provide the Kroc Community Center with year round tennis and educational programming. Four outdoor courts and two indoor practice courts allow LTS the unique opportunity to implement tennis programming in a community that never had structured tennis before.

United States Tennis Association (USTA)
As an organizational member of the USTA, LTS provides the following USTA programming as a Community Tennis Association:

• National Junior Tennis League (NJTL)
• 10 and Under Tennis
• USTA After School Tennis Clubs
• Junior Team Tennis
• Adult Start/Restart Tennis

Community Support & Relationships
The following government, corporate strategic alliance partners provide support, resources and assistance for our programs:

• After School Matters Chicago
• USTA Tennis & Education Foundation
• USTA Midwest Section
• USTA Chicago District