A new series of publications aims to provide independent investment advice for children's services. Launched last Friday, Investing in Children, from the Social Research Unit at Dartington, will publish reports on the effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness, of programs and approaches. The reports look at the financial costs of particular interventions, the financial benefits to taxpayers and participants, and the risk that an approach might not be successful. The first two reports look at interventions for early years and education, and youth justice. In the early years and education report, programs rated include Reading Recovery, Success for All, and Life Skills Training.