You need to talk directly to the fin aid offices of your colleges and apprise them of your situation. I’m assuming neither you nor bro have gotten your packages yet which is late. Your FAFSAs should have indicated that your parents are dislocated workers and also special circumstances. How else is FA going to know? If you did not fill out the forms that way, you may need to correct them. But you are running very close to the start of school. When did you fill out FAFSA for your colleges?