Exhibit 31



CERTIFICATION



I, David F. Sand,certify
that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 10-K of Access Capital Strategies Community Investment Fund, Inc.;
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
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|4. |  | I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:
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| | a) |  | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
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| | b) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual report (the
Evaluation Date); and
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| | c) |  | Presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;
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|5. |  | I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants board of directors:
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| | a) |  | All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial data and have identified for the registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
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| | b) |  | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal controls; and
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|6. |  | I have indicated in this annual report whether there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
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September 29, 2003



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|/s/    DAVID F.
SAND       
|David F. Sand              
|Chief Executive Officer and
|Principal Financial Officer



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CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT



I, David F. Sand, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of Access Capital Strategies Community Investment
Fund, Inc. (the Fund), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes  Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:



| | (1) |  | the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Fund for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Annual
Report) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
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| | (2) |  | the information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.
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|/s/    DAVID F.
SAND       
|David F. Sand              
|Chief Executive Officer and
|Principal Financial Officer



Dated: September 29, 2003