the database could be shared for instance with the dhscenterlink 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 nonattendance through a regular exchange of information and dedicated followup services and avoid youth falling through the cracks by systematically offering alternative education or training pathways to school dropouts since each county has its own followup service with a mandate to keep an overview of the activity status of all young people who finish compulsoiy lowersecondary education