Aged Out Project

04/14/2026

Heading to East Texas. Lunch stop.

06/22/2025

We are sad to say that the SMU Child Advocacy Clinic has closed. We intend to maintain as long as we can our library of podcasts that can be accessed through Apple Podcasts and Spotify, but we have not been recording new ones and will not be doing that unless the Clinic is reinstated. We thank the dozens of people we interviewed about their experiences in foster care - and their triumphs after exiting care. Sharing your stories has informed many about the realities and needs for improvement in the child welfare system. 🙏🏼

11/19/2024

10/18/2024

In this moving episode, Dr. Rose Jones shares her journey from abuse and homelessness to earning a PhD. Now a medical anthropologist, Rose is truly a success story. Listen to Rose tell her story on Aged Out: The Stories That Built Us.

10/18/2024

09/11/2024

An awesome day! These past and present clinic associates gathered at court today to witness and celebrate the adoption of one of our clients🎉💗🎉. And after that, a group of them are heading to Dallas TRAC to assist youth who have aged out of foster care. This is Child Advocacy at its best!

08/28/2024

We’re back. We’ve interviewed Jimmy before. We’ll be updating you on where he is now!!

04/18/2024

Session 2 of the Child Welfare Resources Virtual CLE Series 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟖. Topic: "Flourishing Families & The Magdalen House," with speakers Kady Younkman, Selena Miles, and Jacqueline Cassell. MCLE 1.00. Register at https://buff.ly/49mznvI

04/12/2024

These are some of the student lawyers who have been working for foster kids’ rights at SMU Dedman School of Law’s Child Advocacy Clinic. Once involved with the system, what they see there cannot be unseen.

04/11/2024

04/10/2024