Families across the US can't find childcare — this map shows where it's worst A new analysis finds that about half of young children in the US live in a childcare desert. Vanessa Nunes/Getty Images Finding childcare is a struggle for many Americans due to affordability and a lack of providers. A new report found it's harder to access licensed childcare in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, and Kansas. One of the authors told Business Insider both supply and demand challenges need to be addressed. Parenting is a hard job, and for many Americans, there aren't many options to get professional childcare help . "Nearly half of all young children in the US live in a childcare desert, meaning they live in an area of the country where there is not sufficient licensed childcare," Casey Peeks, the senior director of Early Childhood Policy at the Center for American Progress and one of the authors of a recent report on the geography of childcare, told Business Insider.…