CERTIFICATION OF
STRONG SCHAFER FUNDS, INC.
on behalf of the following series:
Strong Schafer Balanced Fund
STRONG SCHAFER FUNDS, INC. (the "Registrant") does hereby certify
as follows:
1. This Certification is made pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the
Securities Act of 1933.
2. Reference is made to the Strong Schafer Balanced Fund's
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated December
31, 1997, filed by the Registrant pursuant to Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 (File No. 333-38129; 811-8449), which was filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 24, 1997
(the "Post-Effective Amendment").
3. The Post-Effective Amendment is the most recent post-
effective amendment filed by the Registrant.
4. The form of Strong Schafer Balanced Fund's Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
under Rule 497(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 would not have
differed from that contained in the Post-Effective Amendment.
5. The text of the Post-Effective Amendment has been filed
electronically.
STRONG SCHAFER FUNDS, INC.
/s/ John S. Weitzer
By: John S. Weitzer
Title: Vice President
Dated: January 2, 1998
