Background checks built for child welfare.
One API call screens an applicant against a youth-serving organization network, all 50 state child-abuse registries, and a full criminal background check — returned in days, not the 12+ weeks it takes today.
Waiting months for incomplete background checks.
Each Child Abuse & Neglect registry has its own forms, fees, fax lines, and turnaround. Slipping past one means moving next door.
Most maltreatment never produces a criminal record. Traditional checks never query the CAN registry — and miss it entirely.
Staff fax forms, track returns in spreadsheets, and call states. Families wait. Volunteers drop out. Kids wait in temporary placements.
One API call. Three results.
Network Flag Lookup
Surface applicants previously flagged as ineligible by peer or affiliated organizations — across all CASA programs, every Y, the entire Children's Home Society network.
- Cross-organization signal
- Peer-network privacy preserved
- Zero-cost layer
50-State CAN Registry
We collect the residence history, generate the right form for every state the applicant has lived in, and orchestrate email, fax, and notary returns automatically.
- Residence-aware routing
- Auto-notarized where required
- Live status per state
Comprehensive Background
Powered by Checkr — SSN trace, federal / state / county criminal, national sex offender, and motor vehicle records, all unified in one report.
- SSN verification
- Federal & local criminal
- MVR & sex offender
One endpoint. Honest webhooks.
Drop our SDK into any case-management system. Fire one POST, hand off consent to the applicant, and stream status updates back into your stack.
curl https://api.sunlightverified.com/v1/checks \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"applicant": {
"full_name": "Jordan Rivera",
"email": "jordan@example.com"
},
"checks": ["network", "can_registry", "criminal"],
"callback_url": "https://yourapp.org/webhooks/sunlight"
}'Every check makes the next one better.
27 member agencies, the largest private child-welfare orgs in their states.
Longtime partner, aligned with 900+ CASA/GAL programs.
National database platform for 3,000+ family resource centers.
Move kids out of waiting rooms and into homes.
Pilot Sunlight Verified with your agency in under two weeks.