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HPYAA HPYAA Welcome to HPYAA HIGHLAND PARK YOUTH ADVOCACY ALLIANCE About Us ASSESSMENT FOR NEED OF HPYAA The youth in numerous Metro Detroit areas have a large percentage of students identified as atrisk for academic failure prison early death poverty and obesity due to personal family and community conditions that include unemployment family instability and lack of community resources and support. WHO WE ARE The Highland Park Youth Advocacy Alliance HPYAA is a Highland Park based nonprofit organization that was established in 2017 to provide productive outofschool activities to positively impact the youth of MetroDetroit by providing necessary resources and programs to instill values and skills that are essential to youth development. MISSION STATEMENT The mission of HPYAAis to develop a collaborative network of organizations to nurture and develop the mind spirit and ultimate condition of youths ages 824 through outofschool activities to encourage and motivate them to become accountable and responsible citizens that exemplify dedication perseverance teamwork and integrity. Help Our Cause Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and fund our mission.