The plans will see the creation of rapid response teams made up of mental health, youth work and social care practitioners to reach those young people in need of immediate help.
It is one of a number of transformation initiatives being established by Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, the body responsible for the region's devolved health and social care budget.
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, which was chosen by the partnership to lead on the programme, said it wanted to improve the experience and outcome for children and young people across all of Greater Manchester's 10 local authorities.
It said multi-agency teams being created under the pathway would help improve early identification of mental health issues among young people and ensure the right help could be offered.
The programme's long-term aim is to reduce the overall number of young people who require specialist mental health provision, it added.
Under the new pathway, mental health support for young people will be made available seven days a week either face-to-face, online or over the telephone and via pre-planned or drop-in sessions.
"The new Greater Manchester crisis offer is ambitious, large-scale and inclusive, holding young people and families at its core.
"We have a real opportunity to use the collective intelligence, experience and resources across GM to do this once and do it well," the trust said.
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