<p>You can try. Put your is.case together. But as others have said, until something has actually happened, it is generally not taken into consideration. Your father IS deemed disabled and his hours ARE cut so that would be a consideration. </p>
<p>Schools can do what they want with their own money, so it will truly be up to the counselor looking at your case. For federal money, they are more constrained as to whether you actually fall in a category, but because it is not school money, the counselors will try to make a fit. But for their own funds, it is truly a judgment issue and what monies they have left could weigh heavily in the decision. But even if you do not get a favorable decision, the case with all the info will be right there for another appeal when circumstances do change to worse and actually happens. That can expedite the approvals then.</p>