She claims she's no contact with her dad for her safety, because he tried to kill her (I.e. he didn't indulge her "I'm disabled" act, and expected her to get a job or at least pick up after herself). I suspect she's just using that as a grifting angle and is still in contact with her dad, and that he does provide some level of financial support behind the scenes. I wouldn't be surprised if the car came from him.
He's paying her bills every month since the begging has dried up, and we've speculated he might own/partially own the property she's living in, which is why no landlord ever seems to care she's shitting it up and keeps renewing her lease.
I think, in the long run, it would cost him a lot less to get her on Medicaid/SNAP and into a group home situation. She's proven repeatedly she can't care for herself, it isn't really even a question. I would even argue she needs to be in a group home far more than either Andi Proskus or EmmyKatrina from the munchie thread, and they're right where they need to be, too. Because, mental or physical, they straight up can't care for themselves. Just not necessarily in the way they think.
And why TF would Mem fight this? No more having to beg for anything, no more taking care of cats or D (if he exists lmao) no more cars (she really shouldn't be driving with her 'health issues' so that won't be difficult). Like, why would she say no to all this? So she can keep smoking pot lmao? That's...a fucking choice lol.
I'm just sperging here, trying to imagine a family member in this situation and how, if I owned the property, I would try to step in to stop the cycle of madness. I'd make sure D (if he's even real) left. I'd rehome the cats. She needs constant supervision, so if she's my child, I'm moving in til we find her a placement. No more grifting, obviously, or I stop paying for her phone. No more $75 a day spent on food, we're cooking/I am teaching her to grocery shop.
It's going to take her 'abusive' dad really cutting the purse strings before anything will change, sadly. And this is all just a fantasy... it's still up in the air whether she's actually going to wind up homeless or in jail. It's 50/50 I think.