The number one goal of the Garrison & Friends Project is to support children's growth and well-being. The Garrison book series helps address the very delicate circumstances that surround children who have incarcerated parents. 
 
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, "Half of people in prison are parents to minors, leaving 1.25 million kids struggling to cope. Nearly half (47%) of the approximately 1.25 million people in state prison are parents of minor children, and about 1 in 5 (19%) of those children is age 4 or younger." Research shows that incarceration causes the breakdown of the family unit, and the children of the incarcerated are 6 times more likely to become incarcerated themselves. 

The Garrison & Friends Project hopes to address some of the issues children face through this series and, with experts, help parents, caregivers, teachers, and all who work with children have the resources to support them and change the stigma children face from incarceration.