This document contains the 2003 issues of a quarterly newsletter encouraging collaborative research and informed policy on welfare reform and focusing on use of an on-line database of child welfare research projects, as well as on research and policy issues related to implementation studies, indicators of well-being, and administrative data. Each issue focuses on a particular topic: (1) the importance of research on welfare programs during a period of uncertainty about welfare funding, including descriptions of key ongoing and new research projects (January); (2) multiple strategies and critical factors for integrating human services (March); (3) Congress' consideration of two options for measuring success of TANF for children (June); and (4) positive effects of increased work supports on employment, income, and child well-being (October). (KB)