In order to qualify for an unforeseeable emergency withdrawal, your situation must meet one of the Internal Revenue Service. If you have any questions about completing this form, or about applying for a withdrawal on your own behalf, please contact Carolina Lopez at (510) 464-6208.A deferred retirement option plan, or DROP, is a way for an employee who would otherwise be eligible to retire to keep working. A hardship distribution is a withdrawal from a participant's elective deferral account made because of an immediate and heavy financial need. With the tax-deferred 457 plan, your money goes into your account before taxes come out of your check. Use this form if you want to: • request a distribution for a financial hardship due to an unforeseeable emergency.