Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth

Community Alliance For the Ethical Treatment of Youth

Founded	2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Founder	Charles King and Kathryn Whitehead
Focus	Children's rights, youth rights
Location	Washington, DC
Area served	United States
Key people	Executive director Kathryn Whitehead
Volunteers	50

The Community Alliance For the Ethical Treatment of Youth (CAFETY) is an advocacy group for people enrolled in residential treatment programs for at-risk teenagers. The group's mission includes advocating for access to advocates, due process, alternatives to aversive behavioral interventions, and alternatives to restraints and seclusion for young people in treatment programs. They have also called for the routine reporting of abuse in residential treatment programs, as well as federal government oversight and regulation of residential treatment programs.