We are a group of mental health experts who provide court-ordered mental health-related evaluations and court-related education services for Ohio’s southwestern counties. Our team is approximately 15 professionals most with over 15 years of experience in our respective fields of psychology, psychiatry, counseling, social work, and coaching. These experts pride themselves in our knowledge about the intersection between mental health and the law and our dedication to providing expert evidence-based professional opinions to assist the court to reach a decision about issues such as Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Competency to Stand Trial and Treatment/Intervention in Lieu of Conviction.
FESC does not provide counseling or treatment services. We provide assessment and education but in our role as information providers to the court and the individuals that we assess and educate, we facilitate access to the services that a given individual or family might need.
FESC is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and managed by the Chief Executive Officer/Forensic Director, a licensed psychologist, and a forensic expert.
The agency serves the criminal, civil, juvenile, probate, and domestic relations courts, at both the common pleas and municipal levels, as well as the judges, attorneys, law enforcement, probation, parole, and other associated agencies that comprise the legal systems in Ohio. This service is accomplished primarily by the provision of psychological and psychiatric evaluation of court-referred or government agency-involved individuals. We provide expertly written reports, consultation, and expert testimony as needed or required by various sections of the Ohio Revised Code.
Funding for services provided by FESC comes from Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services (OHIOMHAS), Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board, and the Mental Health and Recovery Services for Warren and Clinton Counties in the form of grants and fee-for-service contracts. We also generate revenue through our fee-for-service referrals received from courts and other agencies (like Adult Protective Services) or courts and agencies from outside of region. We also provide consultation for agencies, boards, and nonprofits about mental health issues and the criminal justice system.
For about 10 years, FESC was housed in the historic courthouse in downtown Hamilton, Ohio. You can take a virtual tour of this marvelous structure built in 1889.
Now, however, we are located in Fairfield, just west of Route 4, on Nilles Road, east of Winton Road.
FORENSIC EVALUATION SERVICE CENTER
by appointment only
1244 Nilles Road, Suite #9
513-869-4014 or
513-869-2010
For directions follow this Google Map
- Evaluations are by appointment only.
- Hours: Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM.
Closed on Court holidays. - There is free parking in our lot.
- We are wheelchair accessible via a ramp at the front of the building.