About Sunny

The Problem(s)

“Child support” refers to the government-mediated payments between parents who don't live together. The U.S. has the world’s highest rate of single parenthood households, so child support plays a critical and outsized role. The program moves $30 billion annually between 25 million parents and children, making it one of the largest social service programs in the country. Unfortunately, the program is failing to serve many families. In 2025 there remains over $100 billion of outstanding child support debt, hundreds of thousands of parents have perpetually suspended drivers licenses and destroyed credit, the majority of custodial parents receive inconsistent support each year, and nearly everyone is navigating the system alone without professional legal help. We started Sunny to build simple solutions to these big problems.

The Product

Sunny is a free mobile app that gives parents one-tap access to their child support payments and case balances. Before Sunny, parents had to wade through a sprawl of antiquated government websites, 1-star apps, and automated phone systems just to access their own financial information. Sunny liberates this information to empower parents with easy access to their own financial information. Today, thousands of low-income parents trust Sunny to manage their child support, using the app over 100,000 times each month. With a few simple features focused exactly on what parents want, this early version of Sunny is already offering a 5-star experience in an otherwise 1-star ecosystem: