About Elevate Life

Elevate Life is a non-profit organization that assists over 40+ affiliated Pregnancy Resource Centers and Clinics (PRCs) across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Our affiliates help women and families who are experiencing unexpected pregnancies by offering them a safe, confidential and supportive environment.  They help each woman get all the answers she needs to move forward. All of these services are offered at no cost and our affiliates walk alongside a woman and her family every step of her pregnancy journey and beyond.

Elevate Life helps support these centers and clinics achieve their mission by providing cutting-edge training for board, staff and volunteers, thought-leadership, best practice medical policies and procedures, marketing assistance, special grants, and more. One of our key roles is to help facilitate networking among the leadership teams from these Pregnancy Centers and Clinics. Elevate Life has been assisting this affiliation of Pregnancy Resource Centers and Clinics since 1974.

Our History

Elevate Life was founded by Sr. Jeanne Therese Condon in 1974.  The organizational purpose stemmed from her beliefs that all human life is sacred. The mission’s sole purpose was to support women and their families who are facing unexpected pregnancies by providing with love, resources compassion and support.

In 1975, the first Affiliate, University LifeCare Center, was established near the University of Minnesota.  From that one center, Elevate Life today is grown to a network of over 30 Affiliates at 39 different locations, ranging from International Falls to New Ulm and from Superior, Wisconsin to Morris, Minnesota.

Our Work

Elevate Life fulfills its mission by offering services to a network of affiliated pregnancy care centers whose focus is to reach out with support and resources to women experiencing unexpected pregnancies.

These services include:

• Medical Services Best Practices

  • AAAHC Compliant Best Practice Policies and Procedures
  • Quarterly Medical Updates
  • Group Liability Insurance for Medical Staff

• Legal Updates

• Training
  • Staff, volunteers, Executive Directors, & Board Members

• Offering marketing help
  • Individual center consultations

• PRC Management support
  • Networking opportunities – Quarterly meetings; Outside speakers for educational enrichment

• Financial support
  • Special grants to centers; Pay for PRC membership fees for national organizations; Group Insurance help

• Maintaining philosophy and policies
  • Common mission; Communication of legal requirements

• Assisting with the start-up of new center
  • Start-up funding for new centers; Organizational help

• Increasing the Elevate Life network of Pregnancy Resource Centers and Clinics.