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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements for Community Investment Partners, L.P. for the quarter
ended March 31, 1997 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000856670
<NAME> COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.
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