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

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HYLA Junior High Class of 2019
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HYLA High School Program Class of 2019 pictured with Rep. Timmy Ladner (District 93) , Rep. Patricia Willis (District 95), Rep. David Baria (District 122), and Senator Phillip Moran.
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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. 


2019 HYLA Sponsors

The Hancock Youth Leadership Academy extends sincere appreciation to our 2019 sponsors: 
Accelerated Physical Therapy
​Aerojet Rocketdyne
Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens & Favre
Brehm Bell, Attorney at Law
​​Chemours DeLisle
Coast Electric             
Diamondhead Dental Clinic         
The First, A National Banking Association                                      Hancock County Chamber of Commerce 
Mark and Leslie Henderson
Bert Keel, DMD
​​Keesler Federal Credit Union
Mississippi Power Assoc.​
​Pet Haven Veterinary Hospital 
Rolls-Royce
​SABIC Innovative Plastics
Silver Slipper Casino 
Tellus Self Storage
Triton Systems, Inc.
Waveland Walmart


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2019 HYLA Donors

The Hancock Youth Leadership Academy extends sincere appreciation to our 2019 donors: 
Betz, Rosetti & Associates                                                                    Clement Benvenutti, Attorney at Law   ​
Clay Creations, Jenise McCardell
​J.P. Compretta, Attorney at Law
Maria Compretta
​DAK Americas
​Edmond Fahey Funeral Home
Mickey Lagasse, Waveland City Clerk
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​William LeDoux, DDS
​John McDonald Realty 
Mike Meyers, State Farm Agent 
Mystic Krewe of Seahorse
​RPM Pizza LLC -  Domino’s
​Southern Printing & Silkscreening 
Dean and Marilene Taylor​
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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