There is no “cutoff” for financial aid. I don’t know all the rules but I believe since you’re 26 you can’t be considered a dependent anymore. You can still get aid though. How were your high school grades? What kind of college do you want to go to?
By the way, Yale has a program for “special circumstance” applicants like you. Check it out here:
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