For more information, including how to apply:
HYLA Junior High Program
HYLA High School Program
HYLA Junior High Class of 2019
HYLA High School Program Class of 2021
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.
2021 HYLA Sponsors
The Hancock Youth Leadership Academy extends sincere appreciation to our 2021 sponsors:
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Accelerated Physical Therapy
Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens & Favre Baria-Williamson, PLLC Bay Breeze Charles Benvenutti, CPA Bailey Braswell, Edward Jones Investments Brehm Bell, Attorney at Law Chemours DeLisle James J. Chiniche, P.A., Inc. Coast Electric Power Association DAK Americas Diamondhead Dental Clinic Edmond Fahey Funeral Home Kile Foster, Edward Jones Investments Hancock County Chamber of Commerce 
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JEM, LLC
Keesler Federal Credit Union John McDonald Realty Mississippi Power Assoc. Oz Enterprise Pet Haven Veterinary Hospital REMAX Coast Delta Realty Rolls-Royce Robert & Celeste Rosamond SABIC Innovative Plastics Silver Slipper Casino Southgroup Insurance Services Dean & Marilene Taylor Team Carver Karate Triton Systems, Inc. Waveland Walmart 
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2021 HYLA Donors
The Hancock Youth Leadership Academy extends sincere appreciation to our 2019 donors:
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Betz, Rosetti & Associates Clement Benvenutti, Attorney at Law
Clay Creations, Jenise McCardell J.P. Compretta, Attorney at Law Maria Compretta Edmond Fahey Funeral Home Mickey Lagasse, City Clerk |
William LeDoux, DDS
Mike Meyers, State Farm Agent Mystic Krewe of Seahorse KK Necaise, Circuit Clerk REMAX Coast Delta Realty Southern Printing & Silkscreening Dean and Marilene Taylor Chris and Becky Trapani |
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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
Hancock County School District: Hancock Middle School and Hancock High School
Our Lady Academy
Saint Stanislaus College
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