Vanguard Communications
- Kind
- Social marketing
- Parent
- independent
- Country
- US
- Website
- https://vancomm.com
- Clients
- SAMHSA · AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia · Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA
Campaigns (6)
| Campaign | Client | Year | Topic | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicaid renewal outreach (end of continuous eligibility) lead Case page (Wayback): plain-language digital ads, articles and a web page to help DC Medicaid enrollees renew coverage in 2023-2024. Coverage retention; no taxonomy topic. | AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia | 2023 | Creative | |
| First Things First (healthy pregnancy) lead Vanguard blog (Wayback): ACDC and Vanguard created the campaign's messaging and materials; the brochure won a PRSA-NCC 2020 award. | AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia | 2020 | Maternal health | Creative |
| Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign / National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day lead Case page (opened via Wayback; live site shows a bot challenge): Vanguard supports the Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign and coordinates Awareness Day; 2017 efforts produced 33 million Twitter impressions and 602 million media impressions (self-reported). | SAMHSA | 2017 | Mental health | PR |
| Underage Drinking Prevention Education Initiatives lead USAspending: SAMHSA 'Underage Drinking Prevention Education Initiatives (UADPEI)' 2014-2017 (about $10.0M) and 2018-2022 (https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_75S20318F42002_7522_HHSS283201700063I_7522, about $9.2M); followed by 'Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Prevention Engagement Initiatives' 2022-2027. SAMHSA's 'Talk. They Hear You.' runs under its underage drinking prevention work, but no page was found that names Vanguard on that campaign. SAMHSA's STOP Act national media campaign contracts (Talk. They Hear You., per its 2023 annual report) went to Synergy Enterprises (2017-2027); Vanguard's orders are the partner-outreach side. | SAMHSA | 2014 | Alcohol | Strategy |
| CMHS anti-stigma campaign and Voice Awards lead USAspending: task order 2007-2011, about $3.5M. | SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services | 2007 | Mental health | PR |
| Skin-lightening products research with women of color lead Case page (Wayback): audience research on perceptions of skin-lightening products (health risk, cultural context, use). Not a campaign. | Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA | Research evaluation |
Research notes
Washington, DC social marketing firm (USAspending recipient 'Vanguard Communications of Falls Church Inc'). Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: four Vanguard pages (via Wayback), USAspending award records (API). Corrected 2026-10-22: 'Healthy DC Plan transition, 2025' renamed to the 2023-24 Medicaid renewal outreach the page describes; Reagan-Udall entry re-labelled as research; SAMHSA entry renamed to the campaign the page names.
Sources
Record agencies/vanguard-communications.json, updated 2026-10-22