For more information, including how to apply:
HYLA Junior High Program 
HYLA High School Program 

HYLA High School Class of 2024
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HYLA High School Class of 2024 Slideshow

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The Hancock Resource Center began as an initiative of the Hancock Community Development Foundation and the Hancock Chamber in response to Hurricane Katrina-related housing needs.  Yet, as those needs have changed over time, the work of the HRC has shifted more toward addressing the underlying factors that cause housing instability and toward efforts to interrupt cyclical patterns that keep families, particularly our next generation, from developing their full potential.  In January 2012, the Hancock Resource Center (HRC) launched the Hancock Youth Leadership Academy (HYLA) thanks to a seed grant from Neighborworks America and matching funds from The First, A National Banking Association.  HYLA commenced its first such initiative with a pilot for eighth graders from all four junior high schools in the county, a tremendously successful program that has become the model for the programs developed since that time. The Hancock Youth Leadership Academy launched its first high school program in January 2013. The high school program is a more traditional program that targets identified leaders in the 11th grade from all Hancock County high schools including Bay High School, Hancock High School, Our Lady Academy and St. Stanislaus College as well as their home-schooled equivalents. 


2024 HYLA Sponsors

The Hancock Youth Leadership Academy extends sincere appreciation to our 2021 sponsors: 
Arabesque School of Dance
Bayview Pet Medical
Brehm Bell, Attorney at Law
Bailey Braswell, Edward Jones Investments
Chemours DeLisle
Chiniche Engineering and Survey
​Clement Benvenutti, Attorney at Law
​​Coast Electric Power Association
DAK Americas         
​Elise Deano, Attorney at Law  
Diamondhead Dental Clinic 
Kile Foster, Edward Jones Investments        
Hancock County Chamber of Commerce 
​JEM, LLC
​​Carva King, The Literacy Lady
John McDonald Realty
Mississippi Power Assoc.​
​​Pet Haven Veterinary Hospital 
Rolls-Royce
​Celeste and Robert Rosamond Family Foundation
​SABIC Innovative Plastics
Silver Slipper Casino 
Southgroup Insurance Services
Super Clean Services
Dean & Marilene Taylor
Triton Systems, Inc.
Waveland Walmart



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​HYLA would not be possible without the support from our local schools.

Bay/Waveland School District:  ​Bay/Waveland Middle School and Bay High School
Hancock County School District:  Hancock Middle School and ​Hancock High School
Our Lady Academy
​Saint Stanislaus College