The database could be shared, for instance, with the DHS/Centerlink and local social service administrations to ensure confidentiality. After youth and their families have been contacted and agree to participate in a programme, information would be transmitted by these authorities to local service providers. Service providers would then need to inform the referring administration on the situation of youth on a regular basis. They address the causes of non-attendance through a regular exchange of information and dedicated follow-up services, and avoid youth falling through the cracks by systematically offering alternative education or training pathways to school drop-outs. Since 1994, each county has its own “Follow-up Service” with a mandate to keep an overview of the activity status of all young people who finish compulsoiy lower-secondary education.