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More eyes watching out for child abuse
Posted: 06.08.2012 at 10:56 AM
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“I do think that maybe it will help to hold people accountable because at the end of the day our main goal is to protect these kids,” says Mary Martinez, Firefly House Program Coordinator.

 / Jessica Fairley
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Updated with video; As a part of Governor Nathan Deal's sweeping criminal justice reform bill, new guidelines concerning who should report child abuse will go into effect in July.

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