# Exploring the American Workforce’s Post Pandemic Childcare Challenges Published 2021-04-28 · Updated 2026-06-09 · Healthcare on MarketScale Canonical: https://www.marketscale.com/industries/healthcare/exploring-the-american-workforces-post-pandemic-childcare-challenges > Childcare in the U.S. has long been a challenge for parents, children, and workers, a situation that’s become even more dysfunctional in the era of Covid-19. According to data from the Center for American Progress, nearly 50% of Americans live in a “childcare desert,” with no licensed childcare providers, or demand that’s three times higher… Childcare in the U.S. has long been a challenge for parents, children, and workers, a situation that’s become even more dysfunctional in the era of Covid-19. According to data from the Center for American Progress, nearly 50% of Americans live in a “childcare desert,” with no licensed childcare providers, or demand that’s three times higher than the care available. And the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development deems just 10% of existing facilities as high-quality. What’s at stake? The educational future of our country’s children and equitable pay for childcare workers, currently paid low wages comparable to a fast-food worker’s salary. Host Daniel Litwin, the voice of B2B at MarketScale, was joined by Tom Callahan, Founder of [Child Care Seer](https://www.childcareseer.com/), to talk about the insufficiencies in U.S. childcare and how “[The Child Care for Working Families Act](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1364?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Child+care+for+working+families+act%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1),” which President Biden’s administration recently introduced to the Senate, is striving to upend the status quo. --- Source: MarketScale, https://www.marketscale.com/industries/healthcare/exploring-the-american-workforces-post-pandemic-childcare-challenges. Published for AI indexing and citation; cite the canonical URL. Site guide for agents: https://www.marketscale.com/llms.txt